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Show CO 3. Scornful 5 apt to defpife; contemptuous This is no proper ufe If fhe fhould make tender of her love, 'tis ver poffible he'll fcorn it5 for the man hath a contemptible fpirit Shakefpeare ConTe*MPTIBLENESS, 7, f; [from conzemptible.] The ftate of being contemptible ; the ftate of being defpifed ; mean nefs ; vilenefs ; bafenefs'; cheapnefs ‘Who, by a fteddy practice of virtue, comes t difcern the contemptiblenefs of baits wherewith h allures us Decay of Piety ConTr'MPTIBLY. adv. [from emtemptiéle.] Meanly; in a manner defervin contempt Know'ft thou no Their language, and their ways ? They alfo know And reafon not contemptibly Milton's Par. Loff ConTr'MPTUOUS. adj. [from contempt. Scornful ; apt to defpife ; ufing word or adtions of contempt; infolent T negle Go all our lives, and know tha we negle&t him; to offend God voluntarily, an know that we offend him, cafting our hopes o the peace which we truft to make at parting, is n other than a rebellious prefumption, and even contemptuous laughing to.fcorn and deriding o God, his laws, and precepts Raleigh's Hiftory of the World Some much averfe I found, and wond'rous harth Contemptuous, proud, fet on revenge and fpite Milton™s Agoniftes Rome, the proudeft part of the heathen world entertained the moft contemptuous opinion of th Jews Atterbary ConTE MPTUOUSLY. adv. [from contemptuous. With fcorn ; with defpite {cornfully; defpitefully I throw my name, againft the bruifing ftone Tramplin CO CO contemptuoufly on thy diadem. Shakefp The apoftles and moit eminent Chriftians wer poory and uied contemptuoufly. Taylor's Holy Living If he governs tyrannically in youth, he will b treated comtempruoufly in- age; and the bafer hi enemies, the more intolerable the affront L'Efirange A wife man would not fpeak contemptuoufly of prince, though out of his dominions Tillotfon CoNTE'MPTUOUSNESS, 7. /. [from conzemptuous. Difpofition to contempt infolence Dis 70 CONTE'ND. w. #. [contends, Latin. t. To firive; to ftruggle in oppofition Hector's forehead fpit forth bloo At Grecian fwords contending. Shake[p. Coriolanus His wonders and his praifes do conten ‘Which fhould be thine or his. Shakefp. Macbeth Death and nature do contend about them Whether they live or die. Shakefpeare's Macbeth Diftrefs not the Moabites neither contend wit them in battle; for I will not give thee of thei land Deut, ii. g In ambitious frength I di ontend againft thy valour 7o ConTE'ND. @. a thing ; to conteft Shakefp. Coviolanus To difpute an Their airy limbs in fports they exercife And on the green contend the wreftler's prize Dryden's Aneid A time of war at length will come ‘When Carthage fhall contend the world with Rome Dryden Thus low we lie Shut from this day and that contended fky, Dryden CoNTE'NDENT. 2. /. [from contend.] Antagonift; opponent; champion; combatant. Not ufed In all notable changes and revolutions, the contendents have been ftill made a prey to the thir party L' Eftrange ConNTE'NDER. 2. /. [from contend.] Combatant ; champion "The contenders for it look upon it as undeniable Locke Thofe difputes often arife in good earneft, wher the two contenders do really believe the differen propofitions which they fupport Watts on the Mind CONTE'NT. adj. [contentus, Latin. 1. Satisfied, fo as not to repine; eafy though not highly pleafed Born to the fpacious empire of the Nine One would have thought fhe fhould have been conten To manage well that mighty government. Dryden Who is content, is happy Locke A man is perfeétly content with the ftate he isin when he is perfeétly without any uneafinefs. Locke Foe to loud praife, and friend to learned eafe Content with {cience in the vale of peace Pape's Epiftes 2. Satisfied, {o 25 ot to oppofe Submit you tothe people's voices Allow their officers, and be conten To fuffer lawful cenfure Shakefpeare's Coriolanus 7o ConTE'NT. v. 2. [from the adjetive. 1. To fatisfy, {o as to ftop complaint; no to'offend; to appeafe, without plenar happinefs or complete gratification Content thyfelf with this much, and let thi fatisfy thee, that I love thee Sidney Great minds do fometimes content themfelves t threaten, when they could deftroy Tillotfon Do not content yourfelves with obfcure and confufed ideas, where clearer are to be attained Watts*sLogick 2. To pleafe; to gratify Becaufe his painted fkin contents the eye ? Shakefp conten me queftio whic ou autho woul conten for, if he did not forget it, is, what perfons have right to be obeyed Locke 4. Sometimes gbout He will find that many things he fiercely contended about were trivial Decay of Piety 5. It has aizh before the opponent This battle fares like to the morning's war When dying clouds contend avith growing light Shakepeare's Henry V1 If we confider him a3 our Maker, we canno Lemple tontend with him 6. Semetimes againf Though my heart's content firm love doth bear,- e eyes appear Nothing of that fhall from mi pe Shake are ‘f? ofq in er de b ca n th an Scarcel h par ticular contents of any fingle mafs of ore by e,g:: infpe&tion Experiments 4re made on the blood Of'{"figfi{{: animals: in a weak habit ferum might affor 4. The power of containing ; extent; ¢z acity This ifland had then fifteen hundred firo thips of great content Bfltfifl It were good to know the geometrical contoms figure, and fituation of all the lands of a kingdo according to natural bounds Graunt's Bills of Mortalisy 5. That which is comprifed in a writing In this {enfe the plural only is in ufe 1 have a letter from her Of fuch contents as you will wonder at Shakefp I fhall prove thefe writings not .counterfeits but authentick; and the contents true, and worth of a divine original . Grew's Cofmologia The contents of both books come before thofe o the firt book, in the thread of the ftory © Addifor's Spestatyr ConTeENTA'TION. 2. /f [from content. Satisfaltion; content Out of ufe I feek no better warrant than my own confcience, nor no greater pleafure than mine own con tentation Sidney Fourteen years fpace, during the minority o Gordianus, the government was with great applaufe and contentation in the hands of Mifitheus a pedant Bacon The fhield was not long after incrufted with new ruft, and is the fame, a cut of which hat been engraved and exhibited, to the great contentation of the learned Arbuthnot and Pope 1 CoNTE'NTED. participial adj. [from content.] Satisfied ; at quiet; not repining ; not demanding more; ¢afy, tho not plenarily happy Barbarofia, in hope by fufferance to obtain an other kingdom, feemed contented with the anfwer Knolles's Hiffery Dream not of other worlds Contented that thus far has been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of higheft heay'n Miltor's Paradife Liff If he car defcr And begs his fate, and then contented falls Denban To diftant lands Vertumnus never roves CONTE'NTEDNESS. 7./. [from contented. Wheat is contented with a meaner earth, an Carew's Cornavall contenting with a fuitable gain Angling was, after tedious ftudy, a calmer o unquiet thoughts, a moderator of paffions, a pro Shake[peare's Macheth One thought content the good to be enjoy'd This every little accident deftroy'd b other contents Shake[peare's Hamlet To hear him fo inclin'd If a2 man fo temper his aétions, as in fome on of them he doth content every fattion, the mufic Bacon of praife will be fuller ConTE'NT. 7 / [from the verb. 2, To vie; to a& in emulation 1. Moderate happinefs; fuch fatisfatio You fit above, and fee vain men belo apdefire u fil no doe i thoug as Dryden Contend for what you only can beftow peafes complaint 3. It has for before the ground or caufe o Nought's had, all 's fpent contention ‘Where our defire is got without content Th is contained, or included, in any thi Some nobler foe approach, to him he calls Is the adder better than the eel It doth muc 3. [From confentus, contained, ] That whic Dryden A wife content his even foul fecur'd By want not fhaken, nor by wealth allur'd Smith on Philips 2. Acquiefcence; fatisfaltion in a thin unexamined Others for language all their care exprefs And value books, as wornen men, for drefs Their praife is ftill-the ftile is excellent The fenfe they humbly take vpon contente \Pope's Epiftles Like you contented with his native groves Popt State of {atisfaction in any lot curer of contentednefs Walton's Angler 2. [, [contentio, Latin.] CoNTE'NTION 1. Strife; debate; conteft; quarrel; mus tual oppofition Can we with manner afk what was the diffe [ e b rence public 1 o content *twa thin e==e-Safely Avoi foolit queftion contentions and ftrivings Shakefpeare and genealog_xes.,"fi_n Tit iils 9 Can they keep themfelves in a perpetual co(r;ffg G0 thei an reafon thei eafe thei wit tio a finful cufand not endure a fho; rt combat with Deca clean.sh data import.tsv out README o of Pidy The ancients made contention the Pf"‘c‘gle 'a reigned in the chaos at firft, and then love; th one to exprefs the divifions, and the othed o union of all parties in the middle 2 cqg'%i bond Burnes's Theary of the Bar' 2. Emulation |