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contractive

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con⋅trac⋅tive

[kuhn-trak-tiv]
–adjective
1. serving or tending to contract.
2. capable of contracting.

Origin:
1615–25; contract + -ive


con⋅trac⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
con⋅trac⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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