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<hw>Con*tin"u*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>continuatif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>A term or expression denoting continuance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To these may be added <b>continuatives</b>; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.</def>

<blockquote><b>Continuatives</b> . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole. <i>Harris.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*tin"u*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>continuateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>Con*tin"ue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Continued</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Continuing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>continuer</ets>, L. <ets>continuare</ets>, <ets>-tinuatum</ets>, to connect, continue, fr. <ets>continuus</ets>. See <er>Continuous</er>, and cf. <er>Continuate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To remain ina given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.</def>

<blockquote>Here to <b>continue</b>, and build up here A growing empire. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They <b>continue</b> with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. <i>Matt. xv. 32.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.</def>

<blockquote>But now thy kingdom shall not <b>continue</b>. <i>1 Sam. xiii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, the army <ex>continued</ex> to advance</as>.</def>

<blockquote>If ye <b>continue</b> in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. <i>John viii. 31.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To persevere; persist. See <er>Persevere</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Con*tin"ue</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To unite; to connect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>the use of the navel is to <b>continue</b> the infant unto the mother. <i>Sir T. browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.</def>

<blockquote>O <b>continue</b> thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. <i>Ps. xxxvi. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You know how to make yourself happy by only <b>continuing</b> such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.</def>

<blockquote>A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell <b>continued</b>, reaching th' utmost orb of this frall world. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; <as>as, the trustees were <ex>continued</ex></as>; also, to suffer to live.</def>

<blockquote>And how shall we <b>continue</b> Claudio. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*tin"ued</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.p. & a.</tt> <def>Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protacted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>continued</ex> story</as>.</def> "<i>Continued</i> woe." <i>Jenyns.</i> "<i>Continued</i> succession." <i>Locke.</i>