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  Contracted \Con*tract"ed\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"[e^]d), a.
     1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a
        contracted brow; a contracted noun.
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     2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind;
        contracted views.
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     3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
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              Inquire me out contracted bachelors.  --Shak.
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  Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus,
     p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf.
     F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
     1. 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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              In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
              faculties.                            --Dr. H. More.
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     2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
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              Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
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     3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
        habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
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              Each from each contract new strength and light.
                                                    --Pope.
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              Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
              with persons of high station.         --Swift.
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     4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
        or covenant for.
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              We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
              lague with the aforesaid queen.       --Hakluyt.
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              Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
              the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
              law.                                  --Strype.
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     5. To betroth; to affiance.
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              The truth is, she and I, long since contracted,
              Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.
                                                    --Shak.
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     6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
        reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
  
     Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
          condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
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  Contracted \Con*tract"ed\, a.
     1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a
        contracted brow; a contracted noun.
  
     2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind;
        contracted views.
  
     3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
  
              Inquire me out contracted bachelors.  --Shak.

  Contract \Con*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contracted; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus, p. p. of contrahere
     to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf. F. contracter. See
     Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
     1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
        to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
        sphere of action.
  
              In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
              faculties.                            --Dr. H. More.
  
     2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
  
              Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
  
     3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
        habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
  
              Each from each contract new strength and light.
                                                    --Pope.
  
              Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
              with persons of high station.         --Swift.
  
     4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
        or covenant for.
  
              We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
              lague with the aforesaid queen.       --Hakluyt.
  
              Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
              the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
              law.                                  --Strype.
  
     5. To betroth; to affiance.
  
              The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, Are
              now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us. --Shak.
  
     6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
        reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
  
     Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
          condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.

  contracted
       adj : reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils
             of her eyes" [ant: expanded]

  contracted
     a.
     1 (lb en not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by
  agreement.
     2 Made smaller by contraction.
     3 incur; acquire.
     vb.
     (infl of en contract  ed-form)

  contracted
     a.
     1 (lb en not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by
  agreement.
     2 Made smaller by contraction.
     3 incur; acquire.
     vb.
     (infl of en contract  ed-form)

  contracted
     a.
     1 (lb en not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by
  agreement.
     2 Made smaller by contraction.
     3 incur; acquire.
     vb.
     (infl of en contract  ed-form)

  contracted
     a.
     1 (lb en not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by
  agreement.
     2 Made smaller by contraction.
     3 incur; acquire.
     vb.
     (infl of en contract  ed-form)

  contracted
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ontract ed)

  contracted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en contract ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb contract)

  Contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  متقلّص

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/ 
  stáhnutý

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/ 
  smrštěný

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  Vertrag abgeschlossen, vertraglich beauftragt
   see: contract with sb., contracting, contract with a non-profit organisation to provide counselling for victims of crime, contract sb. to sth.
  

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  enger gemacht, eingeengt, abgekürzt
   see: contract, contracting
  

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  kontrahiert, zusammengezogen
   see: contract, contracting
  

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  verengt, sich verengt, geschrumpft
   see: contract, contracting
  

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  vertraglich festgelegt
   see: contractually, by contract/agreement, by treaty, according to the contract/agreement, be bound by contract/liable under a contract to do sth., be bound by contract to sb., work on contract, contract work, salary as agreed by contract, place as provided for by contract, as contracted, at the time provided for by the contract
  

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  skraćen, stegnut, ugovoren

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  1. összehúzott
  2. kivonatos
  3. összevont
  4. összehúzódott
  5. összezsugorodott

  contracted /kəntɹˈaktɪd/
  1. kasılmış, çekilmiş, büzülmüş, kısalmış
  2. pazarlığı edilmiş.

  
/ˈkɑntɹæktəd/

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "contracted":
     Spartan, abated, abbreviated, ablated, abridged, affianced, agreed,
     aposiopestic, arranged, assured, attenuated, bated, belittled,
     betrothed, blank, blind, blind-alley, bound, brief, brusque, cecal,
     choked, choked off, clamped, clipped, close, closed, committed,
     compact, compacted, compendious, compressed, compromised,
     concentrated, concise, condensed, consolidated, constricted,
     consumed, covenanted, cramped, crisp, curt, curtailed, cut, dead,
     dead-end, decreased, deflated, diminished, dissipated, docked,
     dropped, elliptic, engaged, epigrammatic, eroded, fallen, gnomic,
     guaranteed, intended, knitted, laconic, less, lesser, lower,
     lowered, miniaturized, nipped, obligated, pinched, pinched-in,
     pithy, pledged, plighted, pointed, promised, pruned, puckered,
     pursed, reduced, reserved, retrenched, scaled-down, sealed,
     sententious, settled, shorn, short, short and sweet, shortened,
     shorter, shrunk, shrunken, shut, signed, smaller, solidified,
     squeezed, squeezed shut, stipulated, strangled, strangulated,
     succinct, summary, sworn, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight,
     to the point, truncated, undertaken, underwritten, unopen,
     unopened, unvented, unventilated, warranted, wasp-waisted,
     watered-down, weakened, worn, wrinkled
  
  

  a. 收缩了的,简约的,契约的;

     a. 收缩了的,简约的,契约的