All 3 Uses of
contract
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Mr. Gardiner would be prevented by business from setting out till a fortnight later in July, and must be in London again within a month, and as that left too short a period for them to go so far, and see so much as they had proposed, or at least to see it with the leisure and comfort they had built on, they were obliged to give up the Lakes, and substitute a more contracted tour, and, according to the present plan, were to go no farther northwards than Derbyshire.†
Chpt 42
- They crossed it by a simple bridge, in character with the general air of the scene; it was a spot less adorned than any they had yet visited; and the valley, here contracted into a glen, allowed room only for the stream, and a narrow walk amidst the rough coppice-wood which bordered it.†
Chpt 43
- He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation, his brow contracted, his air gloomy.†
Chpt 46 *
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law