All 4 Uses of
contract
in
The Tempest
- I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all: And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty,— SEBASTIAN.†
Scene 2.1
- Then, as my gift and thine own acquisition Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter: but If thou dost break her virgin knot before All sanctimonious ceremonies may With full and holy rite be minister'd, No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall To make this contract grow; but barren hate, Sour-ey'd disdain, and discord, shall bestrew The union of your bed with weeds so loathly That you shall hate it both: therefore take heed, As Hymen's lamps shall light you.†
Scene 4.1
- A contract of true love
Scene 4.1 *contract = agreement
- Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate A contract of true love: be not too late.†
Scene 4.1
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law