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Vivification :: Vivification (n.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open..

Hire :: Hire (n.) The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay..

Precontract :: Precontract (v. t.) To contract, engage, or stipulate previously..

Thro'' :: Thro' () A contraction of Through.

Strictured :: Stricture (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic..

Photo :: Photo (n.) A contraction of Photograph.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..

Open :: Open (a.) Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle..

Electro-muscular :: Electro-muscular (a.) Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it..

Article :: Article (n.) A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement..

Labialization :: Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Security :: Security (n.) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge..

Hit :: Hit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth..

Coz :: Coz (n.) A contraction of cousin.

Fore :: Fore (prep.) Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before.

Job :: "Job (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract..

Bargainee :: Bargainee (v. i.) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one..

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