Definitions
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Word origin
From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs).
Used in a sentence
“sign a contract”
“write up a contract”
“read a contract”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Binding agreement”8 letters
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