Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Content
content, adj. [L. content-us.] (webplay: book, clearer, degree, holds, easy, express, food, geometry, mind, motion, obscure, present, quantity, quiet, wealth).
- Satisfied; fulfilled; at peace; accepting what one has even if less than initially desired.
- Willing; ready; happy; disposed; desirous, though perhaps at some personal cost.
- Happy; pleased; glad.
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