Definition of contract

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Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

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Labialize :: Labialize (v. t.) To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..
Capacity :: Capacity (n.) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency..
Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.
Dissocial :: Dissocial (v. t.) Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..
Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty..
Superhuman :: Superhive (n.) A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super.
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
Breach :: Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise..
Tetanic :: Tetanic (a.) Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative..
Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..
Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..
Contract :: Contract (n.) To betroth; to affiance.
Contractibleness :: Contractibleness (n.) Contractibility.
Chevisance :: Chevisance (n.) An unlawful agreement or contract.
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The process of shortening an operation.
Implicit :: Implicit (a.) Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement..
Laxator :: Laxator (n.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part..
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