Definition of contract

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Contract (n.) The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

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Conventionist :: Conventionist (n.) One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract..
Diastole :: Diastole (n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one..
Condition :: Condition (n.) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg..
Incito-motor :: Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor..
Astriction :: Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.
Soph :: Soph (n.) A contraction of Sophomore.
Ratihabition :: Ratihabition (n.) Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract..
Executory :: Executory (a.) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract..
Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake..
Stipulation :: Stipulate (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France..
Fidelity :: Fidelity (n.) Adherence to the marriage contract.
Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..
Wa''n''t :: Wa'n't () A colloquial contraction of was not.
Ne''er :: Ne'er (adv.) a contraction of Never.
Crust :: Crust (v. i.) To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contracti
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