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Contracted after a former contract.

One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.

Contrary in an inferior degree.

self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond. All the bishops subscribed the sentence. Milman.

s so much humor and so little wit in their literature. The genius of the Italians, on the contrary, is acute, profound, and sensual, but not subtile; hence what they think to be humorous, is merely witty. Coleridge. The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's. Hawthorne.

r; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid. (a) Sulphur trioxide (see under Sulphur); -- formerly so called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.] (b) A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid, H2SO4, col…

ur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.

A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]

A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super.

after solids suspended in a liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet.

mplete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain.

on. No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict his profession; not upon small surmises. Swift.

n (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be completed.

Contraction of Swollen, p. p. Milton.

An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath. [Obs. or Archaic] Shak.

l composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or pr…

A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synaloepha.]

Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract. Bouvier.

To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."

The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.