[syn: entire, intact]
4. undamaged in any way;
- Example: "the vase remained intact despit rough handling"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
Intactible
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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" [syn: integral, entire, intact]
2: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact,
virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate]
3: (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire
horse" [syn: entire, intact]
4: undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despit rough
handling"