Both Uses of
contract
in
Twelfth Night
- A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands, Attested by the holy close of lips, Strengthen'd by interchangement of your rings; And all the ceremony of this compact Sealed in my function, by my testimony: Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my grave, I have travelled but two hours.†
Scene 5.1
- You would have been contracted to a maid; Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived; You are betroth'd both to a maid and man.†
Scene 5.1 *
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law