All 8 Uses of
content
in
King Lear
- Pr'ythee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night to swim in.†
Scene 3.4 *contented = satisfied
- The contents, as in part I understand them, are to blame.†
Scene 1.2
- It is his hand, my lord; but I hope his heart is not in the contents.†
Scene 1.2
- Deliver'd letters, spite of intermission, Which presently they read: on whose contents, They summon'd up their meiny, straight took horse;†
Scene 2.4
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Let your study Be to content your lord, who hath receiv'd you At fortune's alms.†
Scene 1.1
- Pray you, content.†
Scene 1.4
- Give ear, sir, to my sister; For those that mingle reason with your passion Must be content to think you old, and so—But she knows what she does.†
Scene 2.4 *
- He that has and a little tiny wit— With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,— Must make content with his fortunes fit, For the rain it raineth every day.†
Scene 3.2
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.