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Cognate with German kontrahieren, from Latin contrahere (to contract), used in Swedish since 1633.

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kontrahera (present kontraherar, preterite kontraherade, supine kontraherat, imperative kontrahera)

  1. (medicine, linguistics) to contract, to shrink, to shorten, to abridge
  2. (law, business) to contract, to enter a contract with, to sign an agreement
  3. (obsolete, medicine) to contract, to acquire (an illness)

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