Word Meanings - CONTENTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- Con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Con*tent"ed*ness, n.
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- WILLOWER
A willow. See Willow, n., 2. - CONTENTMENT
1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6. 2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice - RESIGNATION
1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, - CONTENTLY
In a contented manner. - WILLING
1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready. Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. Acts xxiv. 27. With wearied - WILLIWAW; WILLYWAW
A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. W. C. Russell. - WILLINGLY
In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully. Chaucer. The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as some would willingly represent it. Addison. - CONTENTIOUS
Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. Contentious jurisdiction , jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed - RESIGNED
Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope. - WILLOW-WORT
Same as Willow-weed. Any plant of the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family. - WILLEMITE
A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals containing manganese. - WILLY NILLY
See WILL - PLEASER
One who pleases or gratifies. - PLEASANT-TONGUED
Of pleasing speech. - RESIGNER
One who resigns. - WILLIER
One who works at a willying machine. - RESIGNEDLY
With submission. - PLEASANTNESS
The state or quality of being pleasant. - PLEASURIST
A person devoted to worldly pleasure. Sir T. Browne. - GRATIFIER
One who gratifies or pleases. - SWILLINGS
See 1 - TOWILLY
The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. - SWILL
To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett. 3. To inebriate; to fill with drink. I should be loth To meet the rudeness - OVERPLEASE
To please excessively. - FREEWILL
Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering. Frewill Baptists. See under Baptist. - UNWILL
To annul or reverse by an act of the will. Longfellow. - DISCONTENT
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.