Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-TENT', v.t.

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. – Watts. Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas. – Mark xv.
2. To please or gratify. It doth much content me, / To hear him so inclined. – Shak.