All 6 Uses of
content
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage; for young Charbon the puritan and old Poysam the papist, howsome'er their hearts are severed in religion, their heads are both one; they may joll horns together like any deer i' the herd.†
Scene 1.3 *contented = satisfied
- Ay, madam; And for the contents' sake, are sorry for our pains.†
Scene 3.2
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Madam, the care I have had to even your content, I wish might be found in the calendar of my past endeavours; for then we wound our modesty, and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.†
Scene 1.3
- The General is content to spare thee yet; And, hoodwink'd as thou art, will lead thee on To gather from thee: haply thou mayst inform Something to save thy life.†
Scene 4.1 *
- With very much content, my lord; and I wish it happily effected.†
Scene 4.5
- The king's a beggar, now the play is done; All is well-ended if this suit be won, That you express content; which we will pay With strife to please you, day exceeding day: Ours be your patience then, and yours our parts; Your gentle hands lend us, and take our hearts.†
Scene 5.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.