Part 2350

<blockquote>Sees no <b>contiguous</b> palace rear its head. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Contiguous angles</col>. <cd>See <cref>Adjacent angles</cref>, under <er>Angle</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Adjoining; adjacent. See <er>Adjacent</er>.</syn>

- <wordforms><wf>Con*tig"u*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con*tig"u*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Continence, Continency</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw><hw>Con"ti*nence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con"ti*nen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>continence</ets>, L. <ets>continentia</ets>. See <er>Continent</er>, and cf. <er>Countenance</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Self-restraint; self-command.</def>

<blockquote>He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a <b>continence</b> which is practiced by few writers. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.</def>

<blockquote>If they [the unmarried and widows] have not <b>continency</b>, let them marry. <i>1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Chastity is either abstinence or <b>continence</b>: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; <b>continence</b>, that of married persons. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Uninterrupted course; continuity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Continent</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con"ti*nent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>continens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, prop., p. pr. of <ets>continere</ets> to hold together, to repress: cf. F. <ets>continent</ets>. See <er>Contain</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.</def>

<blockquote>Have a <b>continent</b> forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.</def>

<blockquote>My past life

<blockquote>Hath been as <b>continent</b>, as chaste, as true,

<blockquote>As I am now unhappy.

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not interrupted; connected; continuous; <as>as, a <ex>continent</ex> fever</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The northeast part of Asia is, if not <b>continent</b> with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast. <i>Berrewood.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Continent</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con"ti*nent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>continens</ets>, prop., a holding together: cf. F. <ets>continent</ets>. See <er>Continent</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which contains anything; a receptacle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The smaller <b>continent</b> which we call a pipkin. <i>Bp. Kennet.</i></blockquote>