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Continue   /kəntˈɪnju/   Listen
verb
Continue  v. t.  
1.
To unite; to connect. (Obs.) "the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother."
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." "You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long accustomed to lead."
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."
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."



Continue  v. i.  (past & past part. continued; pres. part. continuing)  
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." "They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat."
2.
To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. "But now thy kingdom shall not continue."
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."
Synonyms: To persevere; persist. See Persevere.






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"Continue" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the really original and highly interesting story, no matter by whom written. If the big photoplay producing companies are to remain in business, if their various stars are to be kept working, and their rate of production up to schedule, there must continue to be a fairly steady flow of good, new stories into ...
— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds

... a curious frame of mind. Even before luncheon was half finished I had asked myself the old, eternal question: "WHY do I continue to dance attendance upon the General, instead of having left him and his family long ago?" Every now and then I would glance at Polina Alexandrovna, but she paid me no attention; until eventually I became so irritated that I decided to play ...
— The Gambler • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... cried. "I was blind not to see it! The report was in a form agreed upon: 'We continue our trip as planned. All well.' You will understand now, sir," he added, to Delcasse, "the reason for the high opinion I ...
— The Destroyer - A Tale of International Intrigue • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... best way, the safest way, the way that doth best suit the condition of a sinful man, and that tends most to the utter disappointment of the devil, and death, and hell. Grace can justify freely, when it will, who it will, from what it will. Grace can continue to pardon, favour, and save from falls, in falls, out of falls. Grace can comfort, relieve, and help those that have hurt themselves. And grace can bring the unworthy to glory. This the law cannot do, this man cannot do, ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... Roubier and Androvsky looked at her with expectancy. But she did not continue her sentence, and her failure to do so was covered, or at the least excused, by a diversion that secretly she blessed. At this moment, from the ante-room, there came a sound of African music, both soft and barbarous. First there was ...
— The Garden Of Allah • Robert Hichens


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