supistua — meaning in English

English meaning

• contract noun A written or spoken agreement, especially one intended to be enforceable by law.
• wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

supistua is used for these senses in English:

• contract (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
• wane (intransitive, archaic) To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.

contract — full definition

1. noun A written or spoken agreement, especially one intended to be enforceable by law.
2. verb To become smaller, tighter, or shorter.
3. verb To catch or develop an illness.
4. verb To arrange for work to be done under a formal agreement.

wane — full definition

1. verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.
2. verb Of the moon, to appear to shrink night by night after the full moon.
3. noun The phase of decline, especially as in the expression "on the wane."

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