All 7 Uses of
content
in
The Merchant of Venice
- Art thou contented, Jew?†
Scene 4.1 *contented = satisfied
- There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper.†
Scene 3.2
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Content, in faith; I'll seal to such a bond, And say there is much kindness in the Jew.†
Scene 1.3
- Since this fortune falls to you, Be content and seek no new.†
Scene 3.2
- I wish your ladyship all heart's content.†
Scene 3.4 *
- So please my lord the Duke and all the court To quit the fine for one half of his goods; I am content, so he will let me have The other half in use, to render it Upon his death unto the gentleman That lately stole his daughter: Two things provided more, that, for this favour, He presently become a Christian; The other, that he do record a gift, Here in the court, of all he dies possess'd Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter.†
Scene 4.1
- I am content.†
Scene 4.1
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.