Definition of contract

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Contract (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action..

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Strabotomy :: Strabismus (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye..
Location :: Location (n.) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire..
Bargainor :: Bargainor (n.) One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract..
Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.
Artow :: Artow () A contraction of art thou.
Tetanize :: Tetanize (v. t.) To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2..
Iris :: Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..
Impuberty :: Impuberty (n.) The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into..
Convulsion :: Convulsion (n.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant..
Contract :: Contract (n.) A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation..
Extreme :: Extreme (a.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth..
Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
Proximo :: Proximo () In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo..
Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and
Condition :: Condition (n.) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend..
E''er :: E'er (adv.) A contraction for ever. See Ever.
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