First Known Use: 1588
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epact
noun \ˈē-ˌpakt, ˈe-\
Definition of EPACT
: a period added to harmonize the lunar with the solar calendar
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Origin of EPACT
Middle French epacte, from Late Latin epacta, from Greek epaktē, from epagein to bring in, intercalate, from epi- + agein to drive — more at agent
Rhymes with EPACT
abstract, attract, class act, compact, contact, contract, crookbacked, detract, didact, diffract, distract, enact, entr'acte, exact, extract, humpbacked, hunchbacked, impact, infract, intact, mossbacked, playact, protract, react, redact, refract, retract, sex act, subtract, swaybacked, transact, unbacked
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