Both Uses of
contract
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- There was yet an upper staircase, of a steeper inclination and of contracted dimensions, to be ascended, before the garret story was reached.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- They persisted in changing colour sometimes, and they would be occasionally dilated and contracted by something like a faint pulsation; then, they gave a look of treachery, and cruelty, to the whole countenance.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law