CONTRACT
Con*tract", a. Etym: [L. contractus, p.p.]
Defn: Contracted; affianced; betrothed. [Obs.] Shak.
CONTRACT Con"tract, n. Etym: [L. contractus, fr. contrahere: cf. F. contrat, formerly also contract.]
1. (Law)
Defn: 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. Wharton.
2. A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.
3. The act of formally betrothing a man and woman. This is the the night of the contract. Longwellow.
Syn. — Covenant; agreement; compact; stipulation; bargain; arrangement; obligation. See Covenant.
CONTRACTED
Con*tract"ed, a.
1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.