† decontractv.

Etymology: < de- prefix 1c or 1e + contract v.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To contract further.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > short duration [verb (transitive)] > shorten

shortc1175

laska1375

abridgec1384

breviatea1529

strait1571

scantelize1611

curta1618

shortena1641

decontract1647

1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times i. xx. 47 This also seemes two long; I decontract and Abridge the Abridgment of my Prayers, Yea..too often I shrinke my Prayers to a minute.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	decontract
释义	† decontractv. Etymology: < de- prefix 1c or 1e + contract v. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To contract further. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > short duration [verb (transitive)] > shorten shortc1175 laska1375 abridgec1384 breviatea1529 strait1571 scantelize1611 curta1618 shortena1641 decontract1647 1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times i. xx. 47 This also seemes two long; I decontract and Abridge the Abridgment of my Prayers, Yea..too often I shrinke my Prayers to a minute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1647
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