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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
2: not impaired or diminished in any way; "emerged from the
trial with his prestige intact"; "the blast left his
hearint intact"
3: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact,
virginal" [syn: inviolate]
4: (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire
horse" [syn: entire]
5: undamaged in any way; whole; "the vase remained intact
despite rough handling"
WordNet (r) 2.0
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "intact":
Platonic, abiding, abstinent, budding, callow, celibate,
changeless, complete, conserved, constant, continent, continuing,
developed, dewy, durable, enduring, entire, ever-new, evergreen,
firm, firsthand, fixed, flawless, fledgling, fresh, frozen, full,
full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, global, green, growing,
immature, immobile, immune, immunized, immutable, imperforate,
impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, insured, integral,
inviolate, juicy, kept, lasting, maiden, maidenly, mature, matured,
minor, naive, neoteric, nestling, new, new-fledged, original,
pathless, perfect, permanent, perpetual, persistent, pierceless,
preserved, pristine, protected, quiescent, raw, remaining, rigid,
ripe, ripening, safe, safe and sound, sappy, saved, secure,
sempervirent, solid, sound, spared, stable, static, stationary,
staying, steadfast, sustained, tender, together, torpid, total,
trackless, unabbreviated, unadult, unaltered, unbeaten,
unblemished, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging,
unchecked, uncut, undamaged, undefiled, underage, undestroyed,
undeveloped, undiminished, undivided, unexpurgated, unfading,
unfailing, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, unharmed, unhurt,
unimpaired, uninjured, unlicked, unmarred, unmellowed,
unperforated, unpierced, unqualified, unreduced, unripe, unscathed,
unseasoned, unshifting, unspoiled, unsullied, untainted,
unthreatened, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unvaried,
unvarying, utter, vernal, vestal, virgin, virginal, wayless,
well-conserved, whole, young
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
entire, integral, inviolate
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