Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Contracting; covenanting; agreeing: common in diplomatic documents of the time of Henry VIII.
  • noun One who enters into a contract, covenant, or agreement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Entering into covenant; contracting.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Entering into covenant; contracting.

Etymologies

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Latin contrahens.

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