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Malcontent.

Discontent. [Obs.]

One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.

To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not re…

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

Contention for a prize; a contest. [Obs.] Blount.

enchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. Latimer.

ot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. "Stormy altercations." Macaulay.

district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

ting, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. You and love are still my argument. Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. Milton.

Skillful plan; device. They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. Macaulay.

An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.

vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.

To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak.

The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.

Strife; contention. [Obs.] Shak.

Exciting contention; contentious. [Obs.] "It did bateful question frame. " Sidney.

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex To be contents his natural desire. Pope. To be, or not to be: that is the question. Shak.