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contrahent

contrahent adjective: entering into covenant; contracting.

Adjective

contrahent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Entering into covenant; contracting.
    • a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon
      the one suiting with the one party contrahent ; the other with the other

Noun

contrahent (plural contrahents)

  1. One of the parties entering into a contract.

Forms of contrahent

pluralcontrahents

Origin of contrahent

From Latin contrahens.

Questions about contrahent

What does contrahent mean?
Contrahent means entering into covenant; contracting.
What part of speech is contrahent?
Contrahent can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near contrahent in the dictionary

  1. contraharmonic means
  2. contrahedonic
  3. contrahelicase
  4. contrahelicases
  5. contrahemispheric
  6. contrahent
  7. contrahents
  8. contrahierba
  9. contrail
  10. contrailed
  11. contrailing

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