We have spotted CONTRACT (8 Letters) a total of 3 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with CONTRACT and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action. |
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To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit. |
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To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease. |
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To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for. |
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To betroth; to affiance. |
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To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing
two or more vowels or syllables to one. |
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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. |
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To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to
bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail. |
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Contracted; as, a contract verb. |
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Contracted; affianced; betrothed. |
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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. |
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A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties,
with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the
obligation. |
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The act of formally betrothing a man and woman. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
Usage among publishers:
- Thomas Joseph: Sep 6, 2023
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