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Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..

Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit..

Bailment :: Bailment (n.) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed..

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law..

Assientist :: Assientist (n.) A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract.

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..

Ratihabition :: Ratihabition (n.) Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract..

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc..

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

Honestly :: Honestly (adv.) In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly..

Contractedness :: Contractedness (n.) The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.

Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls..

Astriction :: Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.

Stipule :: Stipulator (n.) One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants..

Validity :: Validity (n.) Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title..

Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks..

Contract :: Contract (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..

Cringe :: Cringe (v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

Labial :: Labial (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178..

Subcontrary :: Subcontractor (n.) One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor..

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