uncontractedadj.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > not betrothed
unaffied1527
uncontracted1527
unbetrothed1577
unpromised1688
unengaged1702
unaffianced1750
1527 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1809) IV. 670 The saide Andrewe then to be vnmarryed, vnaffied and vncontracted.
1564–5 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 325 He sould..keip the said Jane..as fre woman uncontractit or mariit..for the space of ane yeir.
c1625 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) I. 72 That the ward unmarried, unaffyed, and uncontracted should..be sent to Lady Denham.
2. Not brought into smaller compass.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] > loose
laxed1623
laxated1652
uncontracted1758
lax1832
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > contracted > not contracted
uncontracted1864
1758 Idler 10 June 73 To compose the smooth feature and the uncontracted muscle.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel i. 49 In the Biblical Chaldee the older uncontracted forms prevail.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 116 This serpentine belt..extending its course southeasterly with uncontracted dimensions.
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