The following text is adapted from George Eliot's 1871-72 novel Middlemerch.<br/><br/>[Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have contracted a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke's conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather.<br/><br/>As used in the text, what does the word "contracted" most nearly mean?
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Mashaal Masha
Jan 10, 2024
The following text is adapted from George Eliot's 1871-72 novel Middlemerch.
[Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have contracted a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke's conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather.
As used in the text, what does the word "contracted" most nearly mean?