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contracted

ADJ ที่ หดตัว ti-hod-tua

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRACTED

pp. 1. Drawn together, or into a shorter or narrower compass; shrunk; betrothed; incurred; bargained.
2. a. Narrow; mean; selfish; as a man of a contracted soul or mind.

CONTRACTEDLY

adv. In a contracted manner.

CONTRACTEDNESS

n. 1. The state of being contracted.
2. Narrowness; meanness; excessive selfishness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRACTED

CONTRACTED Con *tract "ed, a.

1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.

2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views.

3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace. Inquire me out contracted bachelors. Shak.

CONTRACTEDNESS

CONTRACTEDNESS Con *tract "ed *ness, n.

Defn: The state of being contracted; narrowness; meannes; selfishness.