a. Capable of being continued [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue. ] 1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued proportion. Brande & C.

Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness? Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 2 Sam. ix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. continuance. ] 1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great plagues, and of long continuance. Deut. xxviii. 59. [ 1913 Webster ]

Patient continuance in well-doing. Rom. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A holding together; continuity. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. continuatus, p. p. See Continue. ] 1. Immediately united together; intimately connected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. [ 1913 Webster ]

An untirable and continuate goodness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation. ] 1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. [ 1913 Webster ]

My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. continuatif. ] 1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. continuateur. ] One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here to continue, and build up here
A growing empire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matt. xv. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. [ 1913 Webster ]

But now thy kingdom shall not continue. 1 Sam. xiii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. John viii. 31.

Syn. -- To persevere; persist. See Persevere. [ 1913 Webster ]