Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
An agreement; a compact; a covenant. · An agreement between two or more nations. · An alliance or coalition.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo form a pact; to agree formally.
From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”).
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