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<h1>Disconsolation</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*con`so*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dejection; grief.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Discontent</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<blockquote>Passion seemed to be much <b>discontent</b>, but Patience was very quiet. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discontent</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tent"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discontented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discontenting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.</def>

<i>Suckling.</i>

<h1>Discontent</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tent"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.</def>

<blockquote>Now is the winter of our <b>discontent</b> Made glorious summer by this sun of York. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal <b>discontent</b>. <i>Hallam</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A discontented person; a malcontent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thus was the Scotch nation full of <b>discontents</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discontentation</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*con`ten*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Discontent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ascham.</i>

<h1>Discontented</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tent"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.</def>

<blockquote>And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was <b>discontented</b>, gathered themselves unto him. <i>1 Sam. xxii. 2.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dis`con*tent"ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dis`con*tent"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Discontentful</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tent"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of discontent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Discontenting</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*tent"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Discontented.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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