Contentful

//ˈkɒn.tɛnt.fəɫ// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having content.

    "In answer to this question I want to propose that to is in fact always contentful—that it is never mere Case marking, strictly speaking—but that in certain contexts (namely, in V's headed by Dative-Shifting verbs) its grammatical contribution effectively "reduces" to Case marking and therefore can be suppressed under Passive."

  2. 2
    Full of contentment. obsolete

    "How contentful the whole life is of him, that neither deviseth mischief against others, nor suspects any to be contrived against himself."

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"In answer to this question I want to propose that to is in fact always contentful—that it is never mere Case marking, strictly speaking—but that in certain contexts (namely, in V's headed by Dative-Shifting verbs) its grammatical contribution effectively "reduces" to Case marking and therefore can be suppressed under Passive."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From content (“subject matter”) + -ful.

Etymology 2

From content (“contentment”) + -ful.

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