All 3 Uses of
contract
in
Northanger Abbey
- We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening, and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time.†
Chpt 10 *
- The fireplace, where she had expected the ample width and ponderous carving of former times, was contracted to a Rumford, with slabs of plain though handsome marble, and ornaments over it of the prettiest English china.†
Chpt 20
- And, when she saw him in the evening, while she worked with her friend, slowly pacing the drawing-room for an hour together in silent thoughtfulness, with downcast eyes and contracted brow, she felt secure from all possibility of wronging him.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law