contraho

== Latin == === Etymology === From con- + trahō (“drag”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.tra.(ɦ)oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.tra.o] === Verb === contrahō (present infinitive contrahere, perfect active contrāxī, supine contractum); third conjugation to draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass Synonyms: compellō, glomerō, cōgō, conferō, consociō, congerō, cōnstruō, coniungō, iungō, conciliō, concieō, concitō, conserō, illigō, colligō, ligō, convehō, committō, reficiō Antonyms: distrahō, absolvō, solvō, persolvō, rumpō, dissolvō to bring about, accomplish, execute Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, absolvō, fungor, defungor, patrō, agō, expleō, cumulō, impleō, prōfligō to get, cause, produce, make Synonyms: acquirō, apīscor, sūmō, emō, pariō, comparō, nancīscor, conciliō to make a contract, conclude, transact, do business, contract to draw close or together, draw in, contract, compress, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish Synonyms: stīpō, congerō (architecture) to make smaller or tapering, narrow to draw in, lessen, check, restrain ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “contraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “contraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “contraho”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.