All 3 Uses of
content
in
The Voyage of the Dawn Trader
- But the Monopods seemed perfectly contented, and she decided that on the whole the conversation had been a success.†
Chpt 11 *contented = satisfied
- Then his smile brightened as if he were feeling) some delicious sensation, a long sigh of contentment came from his lips, his head fell forward, and he slept.†
Chpt 14contentment = satisfaction
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- They sailed on a good way, past point after point, hoping to find a nice deep harbour, but had to content themselves in the end with a wide and shallow bay.†
Chpt 13 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.