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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. 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 acustomed 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. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. 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. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed. --John viii. 31. Syn: To persevere; persist. See {Persevere}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: continue v 1: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" [syn: {go on}, {proceed}, {go along}, {keep on}, {keep}] [ant: {discontinue}] 2: continue to speak: "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice." [syn: {go on}, {carry on}, {proceed}] 3: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition" [syn: {uphold}, {carry on}, {bear on}, {preserve}] [ant: {discontinue}] 4: move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are moving ahead in time now" [syn: {proceed}, {go forward}] 5: allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer" [syn: {retain}, {keep}, {keep on}] 6: carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness" [syn: {persist in}] 7: continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" 8: continue in a place position, or situation: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" [syn: {stay}, {stay on}, {remain}] 9: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
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