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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.

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

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.

The contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

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

able; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some m…

rable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison.

A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.

hing anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.

A dealer in aphorisms. [Used in derogation or contempt.] Milton.

bvious or manifest. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John iii. 2. Of their vain contest appeared no end. Milton.

The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. Glanvill.

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.

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.