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* V. dep. n. and a. (act. collat. form, v.supra) [1. paco], to make a bargain, contract, or agreement with any one; to covenant, agree, stipulate, bargain, contract respecting any thing (cf.: transigo, stipulor, pango).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop., to barter, hazard, stake (poet.): vitam pro laude,Verg. A. 5, 230: letum pro laude,id. ib. 12, 49: aevum pro luce,Stat. Th. 1, 317.
* In partic., of a marriage-contract, to betroth a woman (syn.: despondeo, spondeo): ex quā pactus esset vir domo, in matrimonium duceret,Liv. 4, 4, 10: Etutam pacto fratri eum invidisse,id. 44, 30, 4.

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