Definition of contract

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Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..

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Bargainor :: Bargainor (n.) One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another..
Stack :: Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch..
Soph :: Soph (n.) A contraction of Soph ister.
Provide :: Provide (v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done..
Precontract :: Precontract (v. i.) To make a previous contract or agreement.
Laxator :: Laxator (n.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part..
Rust :: Rust (v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
Put :: Put () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth..
Contract :: Contract (a.) Contracted; as, a contract verb..
Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..
Due :: Due (n.) That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll..
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.
Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
Rounded :: Rounded (a.) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..
Tetanic :: Tetanic (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond..
Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
Johannes :: "Johannes (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe..
Handfast :: Handfast (a.) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
Contractibility :: Contractibility (n.) Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air..
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