Definition of contracted

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Contracted (a.) Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun..

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Contracted :: Contracted (imp. & p. p.) of Contrac.
Proximo :: Proximo () In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo..
Contractibility :: Contractibility (n.) Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air..
Stomatopod :: Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed..
Incontracted :: Incontracted (a.) Uncontracted.
Strangulation :: Strangulated (a.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted..
Ample :: Ample (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative..
Earcockle :: Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms..
Contract :: Contract (a.) Contracted; as, a contract verb..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr..
Subcontracted :: Subcontracted (a.) Contracted after a former contract.
Ditto :: Ditto (n.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two turned commas (), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition..
Moderation :: Moderation (n.) The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
Vertebrated :: Vertebrated (a.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals..
Throat :: Throat (n.) A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase..
Revestiary :: Revestiary (n.) The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry..
Spacious :: Spacious (n.) Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall..
Coronis :: Coronis (n.) In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable..
Little :: Little (a.) Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
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