To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
Origin
From Middle French content ("satisfied"), from Latin contentus ("contained; satisfied"), past participle of continēre.
From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre, as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages.
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