(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:42:02

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.

 

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