·adj Contracted; as, a contract verb.
II. Contract ·adj Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
III. Contract ·noun The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.
IV. Contract ·noun To draw together so as to wrinkle; to
Knit.
VI. Contract ·noun To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
VII. Contract ·noun To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
VIII. Contract ·noun To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.
IX. Contract ·noun A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.
X. Contract ·noun To bring on; to
Incur; to
Acquire; as, to
contract a habit; to
contract a debt; to
contract a disease.
XI. Contract ·vi To make an agreement; to
Covenant; to
Agree; to
Bargain; as, to
contract for carrying the mail.
XII. Contract ·vi 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.
XIII. Contract ·noun 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.