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English Dictionary: intact by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intact
adj
  1. constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"
    Synonym(s): integral, entire, intact
  2. (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal"
    Synonym(s): intact, inviolate
  3. (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse"
    Synonym(s): entire, intact
  4. undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despit rough handling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intact \In*tact"\, a. [L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p.
      p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See {In-} not, and
      {Tact}, {Tangent}.]
      Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the
      like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
      --Buckle.
  
               When all external differences have passed away, one
               element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting
               basis of our common nature, the human soul. --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.
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