in|tact

in|tact
in|tact «ihn TAKT», adjective.
with no part missing; as if untouched; uninjured; whole: »

dishes left intact after being dropped. The money was returned intact by the boy who found it. At the session, another scientist discussed heroic new experiments on the intact human heart (New York Times).

SYNONYM(S): unblemished, unimpaired.
[< Latin intactus < in- not + tactus, past participle of tangere to touch]
in|tact´ness, noun.

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