- (v.t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
- (v.t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
- (n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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