All 6 Uses of
contract
in
Measure for Measure
- —Upon a true contract I got possession of Julietta's bed:
Scene 1.3 *contract = formal agreement
- She should this Angelo have married; was affianced to her by oath, and the nuptial appointed: between which time of the contract and limit of the solemnity her brother Frederick was wrecked at sea, having in that perished vessel the dowry of his sister.†
Scene 3.1
- Craft against vice I must apply; With Angelo to-night shall lie His old betrothed but despis'd; So disguise shall, by the disguis'd, Pay with falsehood false exacting, And perform an old contracting.†
Scene 3.2
- Nor, gentle daughter, fear you not at all; He is your husband on a pre-contract: To bring you thus together 'tis no sin, Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit.†
Scene 4.1
- ] This is that face, thou cruel Angelo, Which once thou swor'st was worth the looking on: This is the hand which, with a vow'd contract, Was fast belock'd in thine; this is the body That took away the match from Isabel, And did supply thee at thy garden-house In her imagin'd person.†
Scene 5.1
- Come hither, Mariana:— Say, wast thou e'er contracted to this woman?†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law