contractedadj.

/kənˈtraktɪd/

Etymology: < contract v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Agreed upon, established by contract. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > contracted

covenantc1330

contracted1589

covenanted1651

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. C^v Our olde contracted amitie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 38 Heere are the Articles of contracted peace.

b. contracted-out: that has contracted out (see contract v. 2d); so contracted-in.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > contracted in or out

contracted-out1908

contracted-in1959

1908 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 2/2 The local education authorities would have insisted on getting the same State grant for each Council child as was paid to denominational associations for each contracted-out child.

1959 Economist 17 Jan. 238/1 A contracted-out employee will have to pay the present contribution.

1959 Economist 17 Jan. 238/1 The contracted-in employee will pay only 8s. 4d. for the basic pension.

†2. Betrothed, affianced. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > betrothed

troth-plighta1300

handfasta1470

assured1474

desponsate1483

handfasted1535

contracted1548

betrothed1557

trothed1567

affianced1574

affied1591

contract1597

combinatea1616

desponsated1623

troth-contracted1633

troth1844

engaged1869

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvij Her new contracted husband.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 17 I..inquire me out contracted batchelers, such as had been askt twice on the banes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ousclage, that which a contracted man giues to his affianced or future wife.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iii. 145 A gentleman of a noble familie riding..with his contracted Lady in a chariot.

3. Incurred, acquired; see contract v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > something immaterial

contracted1640

contract1647

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > contracted or brought on oneself

contractc1386

contracted1640

1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 18 Their long Contracted Honour in their Blood.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing ii. 10 A self-contracted wretchedness, is a double one.

†4. Drawn together, collected; combined, united.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > collected into one mass or body

aggregatec1400

consolidate1531

contracted1609

aggregated1615

congregate1626

consolidateda1850

1609 C. Tourneur Funerall Poeme sig. A4 Which with Contracted Cloudes did interpose.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) i. sig. B4 That we should breath but one contracted life.

a. Drawn into smaller compass; narrowed, shortened, shrunken, etc.; see contract v. 8, 9.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased

diminutec1475

suppeditate?1526

lessened1565

minished1590

declined1591

reduced1591

bated1600

contracted1603

waneda1616

mute1627

shrivelleda1631

refracted1635

imminutea1681

retrenched1693

lowered1730

diminished1745

subdued1785

dwindled1796

depressed1831

shrunken1873

downrated1958

whittled-down1961

pared-down1974

slim-down1978

slimmed-down1978

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > contracted

shrunkenc950

contractc1400

crined?a1513

shrunk1530

braced1534

contracted1603

retired1607

shrivelleda1631

constringed1655

dishrivelled1771

ingathered1853

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > contracted or relaxed

frounceless?a1366

brentc1400

brant1483

unbent1594

contracted1603

knotted1632

exporrect1649

exporrected1650

brow-bent1796

knitting1816

gathered1823

knitted1855

1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. A2 We..doe not throw On these your pastimes, a contracted brow.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 118 When the contracted Limbs were cramp'd.

1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Picturesque Beauty I. 112 Narrow contracted vallies.

1812 Examiner 7 Dec. 782/2 The eldest has a contracted arm.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxxiv. 274 He sat in a somewhat contracted position.

b. figurative. Condensed, concise.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > compressed

contract1561

cutted1565

curtal1579

contracted1595

astrict1631

compressed1822

condensed1823

syncopated1897

capsule1938

1595 W. Covell Polimanteia R ij b Daniell, whose sweete refined muse, in contracted shape, were sufficient amongst men, etc.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 274 There was a..contracted Adam in the rib, which by the information of a soule, was individuated into Eve.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 150 How do Solomons Proverbs (for contracted sense) mist Seneca?

1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 158 There is a strange Felicity in his Style,..he is Contracted and Fluent, Subtile and Clear.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 26 A very contracted summary of the voluminous records.

c. figurative. Limited in extent, narrow, restricted; †having narrow sympathies, views, etc. (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective]

narroweOE

restraint1445

modifiedc1485

limitate1541

restricteda1550

strait-laced1549

scant1556

circumcised1561

contract1561

restrained1578

determinate1586

limited1590

restrict1597

strict1597

confined1605

determineda1616

limitary1620

prescript1645

modificated1646

circumscribed1647

conscribed1654

limitated1654

reserved1654

coarctated1655

straiteneda1665

unabsolute1694

stinted1710

bounded1711

contracted1711

cramped1741

special1815

municipal1856

fine-cut1894

stingy1927

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited

narroweOE

restraint1445

modifiedc1485

limitate1541

restricteda1550

scant1556

contract1561

limited1590

confined1605

limitary1620

prescript1645

modificated1646

circumscribed1647

limitated1654

reserved1654

coarctated1655

unabsolute1694

bounded1711

contracted1711

cramped1741

crimped1828

stingy1927

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective]

narrowed1599

narrow-minded1611

narrow1612

small1619

narrow1622

tub-brained1634

narrow-souled1641

narrow-spirited1645

narrow-compassed1647

illiberal1649

cat-witted1672

stingy1694

little-minded1707

straitened1712

unenlarged1741

contracted1765

one-eyed1779

unliberalized1793

nippit1808

small-minded1811

narrow-brained1835

narrow visioned1853

thin-minded1862

narrow-gauge1872

one-track1900

narrow-gutted1903

tunnel-visioned1968

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 304 The contracted Genius,..the Narrowness of such a Mind.

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 151 He was of a more catholic spirit..but..grew more contracted.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xix. 234 They were obliged to give up the Lakes, and substitute a more contracted tour.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. ii. 19 The horizon of a Court is but a contracted sphere.

1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) iv. 57 The attendant evils of petty, contracted ideas.

d. Grammar and Phonetics. Shortened by combination or omission of sounds or letters.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > contracted or abbreviated

decurtatea1638

syncopated1665

contract1751

contracted1816

syncope1953

1816 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 3) I. ii. vi. 174 This change is nothing more than a contracted preposition prefixed.

1871 H. J. Roby Gram. Lat. Lang. ii. xxii. §662 Apparently irritāt, disturbāt, are used as contracted perfects in Lucretius.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	contracted
释义	contractedadj. /kənˈtraktɪd/ Etymology: < contract v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Agreed upon, established by contract. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > contracted covenantc1330 contracted1589 covenanted1651 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. C^v Our olde contracted amitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 38 Heere are the Articles of contracted peace. View more context for this quotation b. contracted-out: that has contracted out (see contract v. 2d); so contracted-in. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > contracted in or out contracted-out1908 contracted-in1959 1908 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 2/2 The local education authorities would have insisted on getting the same State grant for each Council child as was paid to denominational associations for each contracted-out child. 1959 Economist 17 Jan. 238/1 A contracted-out employee will have to pay the present contribution. 1959 Economist 17 Jan. 238/1 The contracted-in employee will pay only 8s. 4d. for the basic pension. †2. Betrothed, affianced. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > betrothed troth-plighta1300 handfasta1470 assured1474 desponsate1483 handfasted1535 contracted1548 betrothed1557 trothed1567 affianced1574 affied1591 contract1597 combinatea1616 desponsated1623 troth-contracted1633 troth1844 engaged1869 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvij Her new contracted husband. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 17 I..inquire me out contracted batchelers, such as had been askt twice on the banes. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ousclage, that which a contracted man giues to his affianced or future wife. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iii. 145 A gentleman of a noble familie riding..with his contracted Lady in a chariot. 3. Incurred, acquired; see contract v. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > something immaterial contracted1640 contract1647 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > contracted or brought on oneself contractc1386 contracted1640 1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 18 Their long Contracted Honour in their Blood. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing ii. 10 A self-contracted wretchedness, is a double one. †4. Drawn together, collected; combined, united. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > collected into one mass or body aggregatec1400 consolidate1531 contracted1609 aggregated1615 congregate1626 consolidateda1850 1609 C. Tourneur Funerall Poeme sig. A4 Which with Contracted Cloudes did interpose. 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) i. sig. B4 That we should breath but one contracted life. 5. a. Drawn into smaller compass; narrowed, shortened, shrunken, etc.; see contract v. 8, 9. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased diminutec1475 suppeditate?1526 lessened1565 minished1590 declined1591 reduced1591 bated1600 contracted1603 waneda1616 mute1627 shrivelleda1631 refracted1635 imminutea1681 retrenched1693 lowered1730 diminished1745 subdued1785 dwindled1796 depressed1831 shrunken1873 downrated1958 whittled-down1961 pared-down1974 slim-down1978 slimmed-down1978 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > contracted shrunkenc950 contractc1400 crined?a1513 shrunk1530 braced1534 contracted1603 retired1607 shrivelleda1631 constringed1655 dishrivelled1771 ingathered1853 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > contracted or relaxed frounceless?a1366 brentc1400 brant1483 unbent1594 contracted1603 knotted1632 exporrect1649 exporrected1650 brow-bent1796 knitting1816 gathered1823 knitted1855 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. A2 We..doe not throw On these your pastimes, a contracted brow. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 118 When the contracted Limbs were cramp'd. View more context for this quotation 1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Picturesque Beauty I. 112 Narrow contracted vallies. 1812 Examiner 7 Dec. 782/2 The eldest has a contracted arm. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxxiv. 274 He sat in a somewhat contracted position. b. figurative. Condensed, concise. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > compressed contract1561 cutted1565 curtal1579 contracted1595 astrict1631 compressed1822 condensed1823 syncopated1897 capsule1938 1595 W. Covell Polimanteia R ij b Daniell, whose sweete refined muse, in contracted shape, were sufficient amongst men, etc. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 274 There was a..contracted Adam in the rib, which by the information of a soule, was individuated into Eve. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 150 How do Solomons Proverbs (for contracted sense) mist Seneca? 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 158 There is a strange Felicity in his Style,..he is Contracted and Fluent, Subtile and Clear. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 26 A very contracted summary of the voluminous records. c. figurative. Limited in extent, narrow, restricted; †having narrow sympathies, views, etc. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] narroweOE restraint1445 modifiedc1485 limitate1541 restricteda1550 strait-laced1549 scant1556 circumcised1561 contract1561 restrained1578 determinate1586 limited1590 restrict1597 strict1597 confined1605 determineda1616 limitary1620 prescript1645 modificated1646 circumscribed1647 conscribed1654 limitated1654 reserved1654 coarctated1655 straiteneda1665 unabsolute1694 stinted1710 bounded1711 contracted1711 cramped1741 special1815 municipal1856 fine-cut1894 stingy1927 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited narroweOE restraint1445 modifiedc1485 limitate1541 restricteda1550 scant1556 contract1561 limited1590 confined1605 limitary1620 prescript1645 modificated1646 circumscribed1647 limitated1654 reserved1654 coarctated1655 unabsolute1694 bounded1711 contracted1711 cramped1741 crimped1828 stingy1927 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective] narrowed1599 narrow-minded1611 narrow1612 small1619 narrow1622 tub-brained1634 narrow-souled1641 narrow-spirited1645 narrow-compassed1647 illiberal1649 cat-witted1672 stingy1694 little-minded1707 straitened1712 unenlarged1741 contracted1765 one-eyed1779 unliberalized1793 nippit1808 small-minded1811 narrow-brained1835 narrow visioned1853 thin-minded1862 narrow-gauge1872 one-track1900 narrow-gutted1903 tunnel-visioned1968 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 304 The contracted Genius,..the Narrowness of such a Mind. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 151 He was of a more catholic spirit..but..grew more contracted. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xix. 234 They were obliged to give up the Lakes, and substitute a more contracted tour. View more context for this quotation 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. ii. 19 The horizon of a Court is but a contracted sphere. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) iv. 57 The attendant evils of petty, contracted ideas. d. Grammar and Phonetics. Shortened by combination or omission of sounds or letters. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > contracted or abbreviated decurtatea1638 syncopated1665 contract1751 contracted1816 syncope1953 1816 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 3) I. ii. vi. 174 This change is nothing more than a contracted preposition prefixed. 1871 H. J. Roby Gram. Lat. Lang. ii. xxii. §662 Apparently irritāt, disturbāt, are used as contracted perfects in Lucretius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1548
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