| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| contract | noun | To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one’s sphere of action., To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit., To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease., To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for., To betroth; to affiance., To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one., To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet., To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail., Contracted; as, a contract verb., Contracted; affianced; betrothed., 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., A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation., The act of formally betrothing a man and woman. |
| contrary | adjective | Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds., Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent., Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child., Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions., A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities., An opponent; an enemy., the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1., See Contraries. |
| contrast | verb i. | To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities., To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past., To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object., The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities., Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison., The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other’s peculiarities. |
| contrate | adjective | Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. |
| contrist | verb t. | To make sad. |
| contrite | adjective | Thoroughly bruised or broken., Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent., A contrite person., In a contrite manner. |
| contrive | verb t. | To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan., To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot. |