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Webster 1913 Edition
Contracted
Con-tract′ed
(kŏn-trăkt′ĕd)
, Adj.
1.
Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow;
as, a
. contracted
brow; a contracted
noun2.
Narrow; illiberal; selfish;
as, a
. contracted
mind; contracted
views3.
Bargained for; betrothed;
as, a
. contracted
peaceInquire me out
contracted
bachelors. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Contracted
CONTRACTED
,pp.
1.
Drawn together, or into a shorter or narrower compass; shrunk; betrothed; incurred; bargained.2.
a. Narrow; mean; selfish; as a man of a contracted soul or mind.