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<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>More cheerfull; though not less <b>contentious</b>, regions. <i>Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.</def>

<cs><col>Contentious jurisdiction</col> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</fld>, <cd>jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to <i>voluntary jurisdiction<i>, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish.</syn>

- <wordforms><wf>Con*ten"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con*ten"tious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Contentless</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tent"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Content</ets> + <ets>-less</ets>.]</ety> <def>Discontented; dissatisfied.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Contently</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tent"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a contented manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<h1>Contentment</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tent"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>contentement</ets>. See <er>Content</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being contented or satisfied; content.</def>

<blockquote><b>Contentment</b> without external honor is humility. <i>Grew.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Godliness with <b>contentment</b> is great gain. <i>1 Tim. vi. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or process of contenting or satisfying; <as>as, the <ex>contentment</ex> of avarice is impossible</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>At Paris the prince spent one whole day to give his mind some <b>contentment</b> in viewing of a famous city. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contents</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tents</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Content</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Conterminable</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*ter"mi*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous.</def>

<blockquote>Love and life not <b>conterminable</b>. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conterminal</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*ter"mi*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>conterminalis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Conterminous.</def>

<h1>Conterminant</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*ter"mi*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.</def>