TACT

TACT. → General scriptures concerning Pr 15:1; 25:15 → In preaching 1Co 9:19-22; 2Co 12:6 → Of Gideon Jud 8:1-3 → Of Saul, in managing malcontents 1Sa 10:27; 11:7,12-15 → Nabal' s wife 1Sa 25:18-37 → In David' s popular methods
* In mourning for Abner 2Sa 3:28-37
* In organizing the temple music 1Ch 15:16-24
* In securing popular consent to bringing the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem 1Ch 13:1-4

→ Joab' s trick in obtaining David' s consent to the return of Absalom 2Sa 14:1-22 → The wise woman of Abel 2Sa 20:16-22 → Solomon, in arbitrating between the prostitutes 1Ki 3:24-28 → Mordecai, in concealing Esther' s nationality Es 2:10 → Esther, in placating the king Es 5:7 → Paul
* In circumcising Timothy Ac 16:3
* In turning the preaching of his adversaries to advantage Php 1:10-22
* In stimulating benevolent giving 2Co 8:1-8; 9:1-5
* In putting the two religious factions of the Jews against each other when he was in trouble Ac 23:6-10

→ The town clerk of Ephesus Ac 19:35-41 → The group decision at Jerusalem Ac 21:20-25

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Tact (?), n. [[L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See Tangent.]] 1. 1. The sense of touch; feeling.
Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight? Southey. Now, sight is a very refined tact. J. Le Conte. 2. 2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating time.
3. 3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin. Macaulay. A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours. Macaulay.