Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
F. contention, L. contentio,. See Contend
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L. contendĕre, -tentum—con, with, tendĕre, to stretch.
In literature:
It had thus jeopardised the whole content of faith, should these supposed facts of nature or events in history be at any time disproved.
"Edward Caldwell Moore" by Edward Moore
We were both content, and more than content.
"A Sea Queen's Sailing" by Charles Whistler
Discharge its contents into my body, and then go and obtain a full pardon from government for the murder of Black Darnley.
"The Gold Hunter's Adventures" by William H. Thomes
The baby was sucking her thumb contentedly on her lap.
"Uncle Max" by Rosa Nouchette Carey
I am content and have ever been content to sustain it.
"The Art of Public Speaking" by Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
I have thought on its contents, and weighed them in the balance of reason.
"Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2" by John Addington Symonds
Hannibal expected to be joined by a parcel of the contented barbarian Gauls in the north of Italy.
"The Prose Works of William Wordsworth" by William Wordsworth
Contented with their position as arbiters of the national destinies, they made little effort to carry out the reforms contemplated at Oxford.
"The History of England" by T.F. Tout
It becomes evident that such contents of the new spiritual world cannot be utilised by man without effort.
"An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy" by W. Tudor Jones
How can he be content?
"A Lost Leader" by E. Phillips Oppenheim
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In poetry:
"That so thy children may begin
In lieu of bliss, to earn content,
And find that sinful Eve was meant
Not only for a sin."
"Mount Arafa" by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
No motion in the deeps of air!
No trembling in the leaves!
A still contentment everywhere,
That neither laughs nor grieves!
"Songs of the Summer Days" by George MacDonald
And not content to dedicate,
With much protesting shiver,
The sapless leaves to winter's mate,
Hebrus, the cold dark river.
"The Roasting Of Lydia" by Roswell Martin Field
I should be happy with my lot:
A wife and mother—is it not
Enough for me to be content?
What other blessing could be sent?
"Nameless Pain" by Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard
Content I shar'd an humble fate,
Nor wish'd in courts to shine;
The airy dream which pleas'd of late,
With joy I now resign.
"Louisa. A Tale." by Jane Bowdler
Painless, trustful, sorrow-free,
Old lost faces welcomed me,
With whose sweetness of content
Still expectant hope was blent.
"My Dream" by John Greenleaf Whittier
In news:
It would have a homepage with lots of content on it.
Grundfos assures early compliance with 2014 requirements for lead content in US pumping systems.
CLARKSDALE — Actor Morgan Freeman and his business partner are auctioning the contents of their upscale restaurant in the heart of the Mississippi Delta.
BizRate.com to Provide Content for Bankrate .com's Finance Section.
If you are content to use bottled barbecue sauce, we had the best luck with Bull's-Eye Original, winner of our taste-test.
The Internet behemoth Google announced last week it would stop filtering content for its Chinese-language search Web site in China, a bold decision that could lead to Google being blocked in China.
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Local Content Editor Anita Meyer gives a preview of stories.
She'll also be more likely to judge people on the content of their character, rather than the "accuracy" of their beliefs .
The Huskies are coming off a 28-27 loss at Northern State last Saturday and out of playoff contention.
Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press Indians closer Kerry Wood hasn't seen a lot of work in scheduled big-league exhibition games this spring, but he's content with his preparation for the start of the regular season.
Many people wrote or called complaining about the "clutter," others about the content.
Giant Bicycle, Inc is currently seeking an Item Master/Content Administrator who will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of all items of the item master and content for G-store.
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In science:
Since the edges, or hyperlinks, in the World Wide Web are created by people in order to highlight connections between the contents of pairs of pages, their structure contains information about page content and relevance which can help us to improve search performance.
The structure and function of complex networks
All this means that it is possible to use XML validation to guarantee that an input document’s content is correct before this content is passed on to a program for processing.
Concrete uses of XML in software development and data analysis
One of the powers of XML is that as the structure of a document is independent of its content it is possible to transform the contents of one document onto a different document that has an alternate structure.
Concrete uses of XML in software development and data analysis
Hz QPOs: the neutron-star QPOs come in pairs with a separation related to the star’s spin, have strongly tunable frequencies and low harmonic content, while the black-hole ones are single, but with high harmonic content, and have a much more stable frequency.
A review of rapid X-ray variability in X-ray binaries
Various hard processes have been studied in Tevatron Run I data, such as W production [ 8] which is sensitive to the quark content of the exchange, and dijet[ 9, 10] and b-quark production[ 11], which are more sensitive to the gluonic content.
Experimental review of diffractive phenomena
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