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Webster 1913 Edition


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Con-tin′ue

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Continued
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Continuing
.]
[F.
continuer
, L.
continuare
,
-tinuatum
, to connect, continue, fr.
continuus
. See
Continuous
, and cf.
Continuate
.]
1.
To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
Here to
continue
, and build up here
A growing empire.
Milton.
They
continue
with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
Matt. xv. 32.
2.
To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
But now thy kingdom shall not
continue
.
1 Sam. xiii. 14.
3.
To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions;
as, the army
continued
to advance
.
Syn. – To persevere; persist. See
Persevere
.

Con-tin′ue

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To unite; to connect.
[Obs.]
the use of the navel is to
continue
the infant unto the mother.
Sir T. browne.
2.
To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
O
continue
thy loving kindness unto them that know thee.
Ps. xxxvi. 10.
You know how to make yourself happy by only
continuing
such a life as you have been long accustomed to lead.
Pope.
3.
To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
A bridge of wond’rous length,
From hell
continued
, reaching th' utmost orb
of this frail world.
Milton.
4.
To retain; to suffer or cause to remain;
as, the trustees were
continued
; also, to suffer to live.
And how shall we
continue
Claudio.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Continue

CONTINUE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to hold. See Tenet.]
1.
To remain in a state, or place; to abide for any time indefinitely.
The multitude continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matthew 15.
2.
To last; to be durable; to endure; to be permanent.
Thy kingdom shall not continue. 1 Samuel 13.
3.
To persevere; to be steadfast or constant in any course.
If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. John 8.

CONTINUE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To protract; not to cease from or to terminate.
O continue thy loving kindness to them that know thee. Psalm 36.
2.
To extend from one thing to another; to produce or draw out in length. Continue the line from A to B. Let the line be continued to the boundary.
3.
To persevere in; not to cease to do or use; as, to continue the same diet.
4.
To hold to or unite. [Not used.]
The navel continues the infant to its mother.

Definition 2024


continúe

continúe

See also: continu, continue, and continué

Spanish

Verb

continúe

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of continuar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of continuar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of continuar.