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Webster 1913 Edition


Contractive

Con-tract′ive

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Adj.
Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.

Definition 2024


contractive

contractive

English

Adjective

contractive (comparative more contractive, superlative most contractive)

  1. Able to contract; contractile

French

Adjective

contractive

  1. feminine singular of contractif

Latin

Adjective

contractive

  1. vocative masculine singular of contractivus