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Contract
CONTRACT, v.t. [L., to draw. See Draw.]
1. To draw together or nearer; to draw into a less compass, either in length or breadth; to shorten; to abridge; to narrow; to lessen; as, to contract an inclosure; to contract the faculties; to contract the period of life; to contract the sphere of action.
2. To draw the parts together; to wrinkle; as, to contract the brow.
3. To betroth; to affiance. A contracted his daughter to B. The lady was contracted to a man of merit.
4. To draw to; to bring on; to incur; to gain. We contract vicious habits by indulgence. We contract debt by extravagance.
5. To shorten by omission of a letter or syllable; as, to contract a word.
6. To epitomize; to abridge; as, to contract an essay.
CONTRACT, v.i.
1. To shrink; to become shorter or narrower.
Many bodies contract by the application of cold.
A hempen cord contracts by moisture.
2. To bargain; to make a mutual agreement, as between two or more persons. We have contracted for a load of flour; or we have contracted with a farmer for a quantity of provisions.
CONTRACT, for contracted, pp. Affianced; betrothed.
CONTRACT, n.
1. An agreement or covenant between two or more persons, in which each party binds himself to do or forbear some act, and each acquires a right to what the other promises; a mutual promise upon lawful consideration or promise upon lawful consideration or cause, which binds the parties to a performance; a bargain; a compact. Contracts are executory or executed.
2. The act by which a man and woman are betrothed, each to the other.
3. The writing which contains the agreement of parties with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.
contract appears in definitions for these words:
A Abaft Abbreviate Abbreviating Abbreviation Abbreviatory Abolish Abridge Abridgment Abut Aby Accept Acquire Adoption Advance Affiance Affiancer Affied Affinity Age Agreed Agreement Aigulet Al Alliance Allonge Ample Anatocism Animal Annuity Another-guise Ant Antipathy Apostrophe Apostrophize Apostrophized Apostrophizing Apostrophy Area Arendator Aroph Arraign Article As Assiento Association Assumpsit Assurance Astrict Astricting Astriction Astringe Astringed Astringency Astringent Astringing Auction Aune Aunt Ay Bail Bailment Balance Balance-reef Balancing Ban Bankrupt Baptist Bar Barb Bargain Bargainee Bargainer Bellows Betroth Betrothed Betrothing Betrothment Bind Binding Bipartite Bleak Blow Boot Borsholder Bottomry Boy Breach Break Brevity Bride Brief Brow Burlace Calumet Capitulation Charter Chevisance Chimney-corner Chivalry Choke-pear Chordee Chose Clause Clay Clinch Cling Clock Close Coarctation Cockle Cockled Cold Compact Compend Compliance Composition Compromise Conclude Condition Confederacy Confederate Consideration Constable Constrict Constricted Constricting Constriction Constrictor Constringe Constringed Constringent Constringing Contortion Contract Contracted Contractedly Contractedness Contractibility Contractible Contractibleness Contractile Contractility Contracting Contraction Contractor Convention Conventionary Conventionist Convulse Convulsed Convulsing Convulsion Corn-crake Corrugant Corrugate Corrugating Corrugation Corrugator Cough Counterpart Counterroll Covenant Coverture Coz Cramp Crasis Craw-fish Crimple Crimpled Crimpling Crincum Cringe Crisp Crumple Crust Curl Curtain Date Debt Deed Default Defaulting Desuetude Di Diastoly Did Dilatability Dilatable Dilatation Dilate Diminish Diminished Diminishing Diminution Diminutive Dis Disability Dissocial Ditto Divorce Divorced Divorcing Does Don Donation Draw Dropsy Drunken Due Dwell Dynasty Een Elasticity Em Embryo Engage Engagement Envoy Epitomize Epitomized Equal Er Espousals Espouse Espoused Estate Esurine Euphrasy Evacuate Ever Evil Except Exchange Expiate Expiration Expire Explanation Express Extinguish Extricate Factory Fairness Faithful Faithfully Fay Federal Fill Fix Flare Flaw Flay Flow Fluder For Force Forfeit Found Fraud Fraudulent Frown Frowy Fruit Furl Gan Gather Gathered Geneva Germen Gie Gin Glottis Godyeld Good Grant Great Gripe Guaranty Gust Hackney Had Hand Handfast Handfasting Hant Hast Heart Hippocras Hire Hirer Honestly Hoof-bound Horror Housewife Husband Hyp I Icy-pearled Idea Illiberal Illiberality Illuminator Im Imitation Implicit Imply Impureness Incapacity Incontracted Indent Indenture Indue Inebriate Infant Infringe Inirritability Inirritable Injure Injury Injustice Insolvent Installment Instruct Instrument Insurance Insure Insurer Integrity Intendment Intercourse Invalid Invalidate Inviolable Irritability Irritable Irritate Irritated Irritating Jew Johannes Knight-marshal Knit Late Lawyer League Lease Lengthen Lessen Liability Liable Liberal List Lp Ly Make Marriage Marriage-articles Mercenary Mesocolon Minnow Minute Model Modify Mold Moment Mortgage Muscle Must Narrow Narrowed Narrowing Narrowly Narrowness Narrows Nay Near Neer Nod Non-proficient Notary Null Obligated Obligating Obligation Oer Omnium Onerous Ope Open Or Osculation Over Overrun Pact Paction Palsy Partnership Party Perfidy Perform Peristaltic Perisystole Personal Pet Phiz Pied Piety Play Playdebt Policy Polypus Possibility Postdate Postmaster Pothecary Practice Pre Pre-engage Pre-engaged Precontract Precontracted Prentice Prenticeship Presume Prior Pro Proviso Pry Pucker Pulsation Purl Purse Pursed Pye Q Quoth Rain Rate Rather Ratio Re Reason Redan Reef Rein Remanent Republish Responsibility Restringe Restringency Resty Retention Revestiary Rigging Rivel Roast Roll Rough Ruffle Rugous Rust Rusting Saim Salmagundi Say Scald Scape Scheme Scowling Scrimp Scrivener Scutcheon Secret Security Sen Sensitive-plant Sentinel Service Sevennight Severally Shake Sharply Short Shorten Shortened Shortening Shrimp Shrink Shrinkage Shrinking Shrivel Shriveled Shriveling Shut Size Slavery Smile Snick Snow So Soder Sow-thistle Spasm Spawn Specht Specialty Species Sphincter Spoke Sprag Sprawl Spry Squire Stand Stipulate Stipulated Stipulating Stipulation Stipulator Stover Straiten Stretch Stricture Strobil Sub-contracted Subscribe Sur Sweltry Synalepha Synaresis Syncopate Syncopated Syncopation Syncope Syncopize Systole Take Temperature Tensive Term Tetanus Thirlage Tho Thro Thyrse Tis Toe Tongued Treaty Tuck Twas Twitch Twitching Twixt Umpire Underbid Undertake Unexecuted Unshrunk Unstraitened Upgather Upon Usurious Validity Verbal Vergouleuse Visnomy Vital Vitiate Vitiation Viz Void Volalkali Wampum Warp Warranter Warranty Wed Welk Welked Welking Whistle Who Wont Wrinkle Wrinkled Wrinkling Zendavesta
A Abaft Abbreviate Abbreviating Abbreviation Abbreviatory Abolish Abridge Abridgment Abut Aby Accept Acquire Adoption Advance Affiance Affiancer Affied Affinity Age Agreed Agreement Aigulet Al Alliance Allonge Ample Anatocism Animal Annuity Another-guise Ant Antipathy Apostrophe Apostrophize Apostrophized Apostrophizing Apostrophy Area Arendator Aroph Arraign Article As Assiento Association Assumpsit Assurance Astrict Astricting Astriction Astringe Astringed Astringency Astringent Astringing Auction Aune Aunt Ay Bail Bailment Balance Balance-reef Balancing Ban Bankrupt Baptist Bar Barb Bargain Bargainee Bargainer Bellows Betroth Betrothed Betrothing Betrothment Bind Binding Bipartite Bleak Blow Boot Borsholder Bottomry Boy Breach Break Brevity Bride Brief Brow Burlace Calumet Capitulation Charter Chevisance Chimney-corner Chivalry Choke-pear Chordee Chose Clause Clay Clinch Cling Clock Close Coarctation Cockle Cockled Cold Compact Compend Compliance Composition Compromise Conclude Condition Confederacy Confederate Consideration Constable Constrict Constricted Constricting Constriction Constrictor Constringe Constringed Constringent Constringing Contortion Contract Contracted Contractedly Contractedness Contractibility Contractible Contractibleness Contractile Contractility Contracting Contraction Contractor Convention Conventionary Conventionist Convulse Convulsed Convulsing Convulsion Corn-crake Corrugant Corrugate Corrugating Corrugation Corrugator Cough Counterpart Counterroll Covenant Coverture Coz Cramp Crasis Craw-fish Crimple Crimpled Crimpling Crincum Cringe Crisp Crumple Crust Curl Curtain Date Debt Deed Default Defaulting Desuetude Di Diastoly Did Dilatability Dilatable Dilatation Dilate Diminish Diminished Diminishing Diminution Diminutive Dis Disability Dissocial Ditto Divorce Divorced Divorcing Does Don Donation Draw Dropsy Drunken Due Dwell Dynasty Een Elasticity Em Embryo Engage Engagement Envoy Epitomize Epitomized Equal Er Espousals Espouse Espoused Estate Esurine Euphrasy Evacuate Ever Evil Except Exchange Expiate Expiration Expire Explanation Express Extinguish Extricate Factory Fairness Faithful Faithfully Fay Federal Fill Fix Flare Flaw Flay Flow Fluder For Force Forfeit Found Fraud Fraudulent Frown Frowy Fruit Furl Gan Gather Gathered Geneva Germen Gie Gin Glottis Godyeld Good Grant Great Gripe Guaranty Gust Hackney Had Hand Handfast Handfasting Hant Hast Heart Hippocras Hire Hirer Honestly Hoof-bound Horror Housewife Husband Hyp I Icy-pearled Idea Illiberal Illiberality Illuminator Im Imitation Implicit Imply Impureness Incapacity Incontracted Indent Indenture Indue Inebriate Infant Infringe Inirritability Inirritable Injure Injury Injustice Insolvent Installment Instruct Instrument Insurance Insure Insurer Integrity Intendment Intercourse Invalid Invalidate Inviolable Irritability Irritable Irritate Irritated Irritating Jew Johannes Knight-marshal Knit Late Lawyer League Lease Lengthen Lessen Liability Liable Liberal List Lp Ly Make Marriage Marriage-articles Mercenary Mesocolon Minnow Minute Model Modify Mold Moment Mortgage Muscle Must Narrow Narrowed Narrowing Narrowly Narrowness Narrows Nay Near Neer Nod Non-proficient Notary Null Obligated Obligating Obligation Oer Omnium Onerous Ope Open Or Osculation Over Overrun Pact Paction Palsy Partnership Party Perfidy Perform Peristaltic Perisystole Personal Pet Phiz Pied Piety Play Playdebt Policy Polypus Possibility Postdate Postmaster Pothecary Practice Pre Pre-engage Pre-engaged Precontract Precontracted Prentice Prenticeship Presume Prior Pro Proviso Pry Pucker Pulsation Purl Purse Pursed Pye Q Quoth Rain Rate Rather Ratio Re Reason Redan Reef Rein Remanent Republish Responsibility Restringe Restringency Resty Retention Revestiary Rigging Rivel Roast Roll Rough Ruffle Rugous Rust Rusting Saim Salmagundi Say Scald Scape Scheme Scowling Scrimp Scrivener Scutcheon Secret Security Sen Sensitive-plant Sentinel Service Sevennight Severally Shake Sharply Short Shorten Shortened Shortening Shrimp Shrink Shrinkage Shrinking Shrivel Shriveled Shriveling Shut Size Slavery Smile Snick Snow So Soder Sow-thistle Spasm Spawn Specht Specialty Species Sphincter Spoke Sprag Sprawl Spry Squire Stand Stipulate Stipulated Stipulating Stipulation Stipulator Stover Straiten Stretch Stricture Strobil Sub-contracted Subscribe Sur Sweltry Synalepha Synaresis Syncopate Syncopated Syncopation Syncope Syncopize Systole Take Temperature Tensive Term Tetanus Thirlage Tho Thro Thyrse Tis Toe Tongued Treaty Tuck Twas Twitch Twitching Twixt Umpire Underbid Undertake Unexecuted Unshrunk Unstraitened Upgather Upon Usurious Validity Verbal Vergouleuse Visnomy Vital Vitiate Vitiation Viz Void Volalkali Wampum Warp Warranter Warranty Wed Welk Welked Welking Whistle Who Wont Wrinkle Wrinkled Wrinkling Zendavesta
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