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Contracted
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (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.