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Continuable
Continuable Con*tin"u*a*ble, a.
Capable of being continued [R.]
ContinualContinual Con*tin"u*al, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See
Continue.]
1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous;
unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
--Prov. xv.
15.
2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent;
often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a continental succession of
small landscapes. --W. Irwing.
Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued
proportion. --Brande & C.
Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing;
uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See
Constant, and Continuous. Continual proportionalsContinual Con*tin"u*al, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See
Continue.]
1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous;
unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
--Prov. xv.
15.
2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent;
often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a continental succession of
small landscapes. --W. Irwing.
Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued
proportion. --Brande & C.
Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing;
uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See
Constant, and Continuous. Continually
Continually Con*tin"u*al*ly, adv.
1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the
current flows continually.
Why do not all animals continually increase in
bigness? --Bentley.
2. In regular or repeated succession; very often.
Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. --2
Sam. ix. 7.
Continuance
Continuance Con*tin"u*ance, n. [OF. continuance.]
1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state;
permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.;
perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
Great plagues, and of long continuance. --Deut.
xxviii. 59.
Patient continuance in well-doing. --Rom. ii. 7.
2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal;
perpetuation; propagation.
The brute immediately regards his own preservation
or the continuance of his species. --Addison.
3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] --Bacon.
4. (Law)
(a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one
day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.
(b) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof
on the record.
Continuant
Continuant Con*tin"u*ant, a.
Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. --
n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
ContinuateContinuate Con*tin"u*ate, a. [L. continuatus, p. p. See
Continue.]
1. Immediately united together; intimately connected. [R.]
We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very
flesh and bones should be made continuate with his.
--Hooker.
2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued.
An untirable and continuate goodness. --Shak. Continuation
Continuation Con*tin`u*a"tion, n. [L. continuatio: cf. F.
connuation.]
1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being
continued; uninterrupted extension or succession;
prolongation; propagation.
Preventing the continuation of the royal line.
--Macaulay.
2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on;
as, the continuation of a story.
My continuation of the version of Statius. --Pope.
Continuative
Continuative Con*tin"u*a*tive, n. [Cf. F. continuatif.]
1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.]
To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome
remains to this day; which includes, at least, two
propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. --I.
Watts.
2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences
or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.
Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one
continuous whole. --Harris.
Continuator
Continuator Con*tin"u*a`tor, n. [Cf. F. continuateur.]
One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a
series or a work; a continuer. --Sir T. Browne.
Discontinuable
Discontinuable Dis`con*tin"u*a*ble, a.
Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]
Discontinuation
Discontinuation Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion, n. [Cf. F.
discontinuation.]
Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in
a connected series; discontinuance.
Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by
bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury
falls. --Sir I.
Newton.
Miscontinuance
Miscontinuance Mis`con*tin"u*ance, n. (Law)
Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.
Recontinuance
Recontinuance Re`con*tin"u*ance (-t?n"?*?ns), n.
The act or state of recontinuing.
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