All 5 Uses of
contract
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Her effort to bring tears into her eyes issued in an odd contraction of her face.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- I am afraid he hated Mrs. Stelling, and contracted a lasting dislike to pale blond ringlets and broad plaits, as directly associated with haughtiness of manner, and a frequent reference to other people's "duty."†
Chpt 2.1
- Having made up his mind on that point, he strode along without swerving, contracting some rather saturnine sternness, as a young man is likely to do who has a premature call upon him for self-reliance.†
Chpt 5.2 *
- Mr. Glegg, who had contracted a cautious liking for Tom ever since his spirited and sensible behavior when the execution was in the house, was now warming into a resolution to further his prospects actively,—some time, when an opportunity offered of doing so in a prudent manner, without ultimate loss; but Mrs. Glegg observed that she was not given to speak without book, as some people were; that those who said least were most likely to find their words made good; and that when the…†
Chpt 5.2
- Dr. Kenn, having great natural firmness, began, in the presence of this opposition, as every firm man would have done, to contract a certain strength of determination over and above what would have been called forth by the end in view.†
Chpt 7.4
Definitions:
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(contract as in: the metal contracted) when something gets shorter or smaller
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law