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CONTENT, adjective [Latin , to be held; to hold.] Literally, held, contained within limits; hence, quiet; not disturbed; having a mind at peace; easy; satisfied, so as not to repine, object, or oppose.CONTENT with science in the vale of peace.Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content 1 Timothy 6:8.CONTENT, verb transitive 1. To satisfy the mind; to make quiet, so as to stop complaint or opposition; to appease; to make easy in any situation; used chiefly with the reciprocal pronoun.Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be obtained.Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas. Mark 15:15.2. To please or gratify.It doth much content me, to hear him so inclined.CONTENT, noun 1. Rest or quietness of the mind in the present condition; satisfaction which holds the mind in peace, restraining complaint, opposition, or further desire, and often implying a moderate degree of happiness.A wise content his even soul securd; By want not shaken, nor by wealth allurd.2. Acquiescence; satisfaction without examination.The style is excellent; the sense they humbly take upon content 3. The term used in the House of Lords in England, to express an assent to a bill or motion.CONTENT, noun 1. Often in the plural, contents. That which is contained; the thing or things held, included or comprehended within a limit or line; as the contents of a cask or bale; of a room or a ship; the contents of a book or writing.2. In geometry, the area or quantity of matter or space included in certain lines.3. The power of containing; capacity; extent within limits; as a ship of great content [But in this sense the plural is generally used.]