| Contract (contract) |
|---|
| v.
t. | (kn*tr kt") |
|---|
| Con*tract" |
| v.
t. [imp. *** p. p. Contracted]
p. pr. *** vb. n. Contracting.] [L.
contractus, p. p. of contrahere to contract]
con- + trahere to draw: cf. F. < |
To draw together or nearer; to reduce to
a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to
contract one's sphere of action.
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to
knit.
To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as,
to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to
contract a disease.
To enter into, with mutual
obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
To betroth; to affiance.
To shorten by omitting
a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or
syllables to one.
|
| Contract (contract) |
|---|
| v.
i. | (kn*trkt") |
|---|
| Con*tract" |
| 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.
To make an agreement; to covenant; to
agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the
mail.
|
| Contract (contract) |
|---|
| a. | (kn"trkt) |
|---|
| Con"tract |
|
Contracted; as, a contract
verb.
|
| Contract (contract) |
|---|
| a. | (kn*trkt") |
|---|
| Con*tract" |
| [L. contractus, p. p.] |
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
|
| Contract (contract) |
|---|
| n. | (kn"trkt) |
|---|
| Con"tract |
| [L. contractus, fr.
contrahere: cf. F. contrat, formerly also
contract.] |
The
agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration
or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement
in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular
thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal
rights.
A formal writing which contains the
agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which
serves as a proof of the obligation.
The act of formally betrothing a man
and woman.
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