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▪ I. † continue, (a.), n.1 Obs.
[a. F. continu, -ue, ad. L. continu-us: see continuous. But in B. c. perh. a vbl. n. from continue v.]
A. adj. Continuous.
B. n.
a. A continuous fever; = F. fièvre continue.
c1500Melusine 299 Madame, I haue be somewhat euyl at ease & haue had axez in manner of a contynue.
b. Continued or continuous land, continent.
1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commonw. 575 A conteinue almost twelve hundred leagues; yet divided into many kingdomes.
c. Continued course, continuance in time.
1556J. Olde Antechrist 69 In all the continue of our life.
▪ II. continue, n.2
var. of contenu, Obs. contents.
▪ III. continue, v.|kənˈtɪnjuː|
Forms: 4–6 contynue, (contynu), -tynew(e, -tinew, 5 -tynwe, -tenue, -tenewe, -tenwe, -teynue, 7 -tinu, 4– continue. See also contain v. 17 and contune.
[a. F. continue-r (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. continuāre ‘to make continuous’, more rarely ‘to be continuous’, f. continu-us continuous. There seems to have been frequent confusion in ME. between this word and contain in its early form contene, due perh. to F. contenu and L. continui, parts of contenir, continēre to contain, or to the Eng. n. contenu = F. contenu content. Hence sense 17 ‘to contain,’ and contain v. 17 in sense ‘continue’; see also contune.]
I. transitive.
1. To carry on, keep up, maintain, go on with, persist in (an action, usage, etc.).
a1340Hampole Psalter 525 Þe desire to receyf more & to contynu it. 1375Barbour Bruce xix. 235 [Thai] continuit thair mavite Quhen euir thai met thame on the se. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A.) 91 Þis medicyn þou schalt contynuen til it be hool. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xix. 416 Better to haue peas than for to contynewe the werre. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. Pref. (1814) 4 Audacyte to contynue forth my fyrste purpose. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 27, I am..Glad that you thus continue your resolue. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. x, Negroes transplanted into cold..habitations continue their hue. 1749Fielding Tom Jones i. i, The whole, to continue the same metaphor, consists in the cookery of the author. 1874Bancroft Footpr. Time viii. 201 To continue the struggle. 1879Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes 194 Continuing the ascent, and bearing a little to the left.
2. To cause to last or endure; to prolong, keep up (something external to the agent).
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 113 Crist to contynue devocioun of þis womman, answeride not first a word to hir. 1599Thynne Animadv. (1865) 67 Howe this ordale was contynued in Englande in the tyme of kinge Iohane. 1611Bible Ps. lxxii. 17 His name shalbe continued as long as the sunne. 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. iv. 28 A good Way to continue their Memories. 1753Johnson in Boswell 1 Jan., Almighty God who hast continued my life to this day. 1862Ruskin Munera P. (1880) 5 If the qualities are continued by descent through a generation or two.
3. With extension or complement: To keep on, maintain, retain (in a place, condition, etc.).
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xix. (1714) 145 God contenewe his grace and persone in long lyffe wt increse. 1588Let. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 143 We were continued all this year in assured hope of a full victory. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xiv. §10 If a child were continued in a grot or cave under the earth until maturity of age. 1657Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 311 That John Philpott be continued clerk of this parish. 1670tr. Machiavelli's Princes (Rtldg. 1883) 245 Pagolo and the Duke de Gravina were continued alive. 1670Walton Hooker in Lives iii. 159 To continue him at School. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. iv. 19 No lady..would care to continue me with her. 1771Goldsm. Hist. Eng. IV. 160 He was still continued the reluctant general of the army. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §153 It..seemed unprofitable to continue the companies longer in a state of hardship. 1850W. Irving Mahomet xxx. (1853) 151 He was continued in his office.
†b. ellipt. Obs. cf. quot. 1670 above.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iv. iii. 88 But Barnardine must die this afternoone, And how shall we continue Claudio?
†4. To make continuous with, connect or attach to. Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 73 Paradys is so hiȝe and in oon place contynued to þe erþe. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A.) 147 Þe braunchis of þe senewis of þe heed in sum place ben conteynued & ioyned with þese senewis. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. v. 239 The use of the Navell is to continue the infant unto the Mother.
5. To carry on, take up, resume (a narrative, etc.) from a point of suspension or interruption.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. i. 17 Ðe thryde [Buke] sall contynwyde be Quhille made of Rome wes þe cite. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV Epil., Our humble Author will continue the Story (with Sir John in it). 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 49 Antonius Ciccarella, who continueth on the history of Platina. 1805Scott Last Minstr. v. Prol., And thus his tale continued ran. 1823Lamb Elia xi. Imperf. Symp., Hume's History compared with his [Smollett's] Continuation of it. What if the Historian had continued Humphrey Clinker?
6. To carry on in space; to prolong, produce.
1667Milton P.L. ii. 1029 A Bridge of wondrous length From Hell continu'd reaching th' utmost Orbe Of this frail World. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 274 Then continue (viz. draw longer) both the lines AB, CD. 1784Gent. Mag. LIV. ii. 643 The arch is now continuing under the intended road..for which purpose a hill contiguous is cutting down. 1831Brewster Optics ii. 18 If we continue backwards the rays DE, FE, they will meet at m.
7. To carry on in a line of succession or development; to furnish a sequel or successor to.
1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. (1875) 62 The man of genius was continued by the English analysts of the eighteenth century..The man of intelligence was continued by successors like Bernouilli, Euler, and Laplace.
8. Law. To adjourn, prorogue, put off. (esp. Sc.).
1469Sc. Acts Jas. III, §38 The court of Parliament..or sic like courtis, that has continuacione, nedis nocht to be continuit fra day to day. c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 188 The Governor..wrote to the Cardinal to continue the accusation of Mr. George, till he spake with him. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. 258 (Jam.) But the Regent's death, and the troubles which thereupon issued, made all to be continued for that time. 1798Dallas Amer. Law Rep. II. 44 The cause was continued on a rule for trial at the next term. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v. Diet, After the day of appearance has once arrived, the diet may be continued by an act of the Court..The continuation must be to another day certain, for the diet cannot be continued indefinitely, or sine die. 1890Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 23 May 1/6 He appeared before Judge Sanger of the District court in Cambridge this morning, and has his case continued until June 4.
b. Stock Exchange. (See quot.)
1886Law Times LXXX. 206/1 ‘To continue’ is a technical term, which means to sell and to rebuy the same amount of stock at a future date at the same price, a further sum being paid for the accommodation.
II. intr.
9. To remain in existence or in its present condition; to last, endure, persist in being.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 120 Þe sike man muste nedis die, namely & þe accidentis contynewen [MS. A. conteynen]. 1535Coverdale 1 Sam. xiii. 14 But now shall not thy kyngdome contynue. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 108 b, Built with rafters and beames of Juniper, to the end it might continue. 1667Pepys Diary (1879) IV. 273 My mother grows so much worse, that he fears she cannot long continue. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 106 This habitable globe..could no more continue, than they could create themselves. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 59 Let what now exists continue.
10. To remain, stay, or abide (in a place).
1417in Ellis Orig. Lett. ii. 19. I. 55 Of us which are continuinge in a lande of warr. 1526Tindale Matt. xv. 32 Because they haue contynued with me now .iii. dayes, and haue nought to eate. 1611Bible John ii. 12 They continued there not many days. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 314 So the popular vote Inclines, here to continue. 1814Jane Austen Lady Susan xxiii. (1879) 254 Frederica is made wretched by his continuing here. 1839J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. xi. 122 Ireland, where he is supposed to have continued four years.
11. With complement or extension: To remain (in a specified state or capacity).
1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 39 Preamb., Sythen whiche tyme your seid Subgiect hathe contynued..your feythfull and true liegeman. 1509Fisher Fun. Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 294 Thoughe she alway contynued not in her vyrgynyte. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. vi. 29 Your Emperor Continues still a Ioue. 1611― Cymb. i. vi. 56 Continues well my Lord? 1667Milton P.L. v. 521 That thou art happie, owe to God; That thou continu'st such, owe to thy self. 1737Whiston Josephus' Antiq. v. i. §28 The Deity would continue their friend. 1761Johnson Let. Baretti 10 June in Boswell, Your English style still continues in its purity and vigour. 1884M. E. Braddon Ishmael xli, It is impossible you should continue unhappy if you follow the dictates of honour and conscience.
12. To persist in action, persevere; to go on, keep on. (Now rare of persons.)
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 25 He continued alle night in prayers alone. 14..Circumcision in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 94 To contynu in vertu tyll thei dey. 1570Levins Manip. 95 To continew, perseuerare. 1605Shakes. Macb. v. i. 34, I haue knowne her continue in this [washing her hands] a quarter of an houre. 1677Littleton Lat. Dict. s.v., To continue or hold on in that he began. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. lxii, The altercation continued until they entered the gates of Antwerp. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam i, The breeze continued. 1882J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. II. 220 The persecution continued with unabated rigour.
13. to continue doing or continue to do: to go on doing, not to cease. Sometimes with on.
1382Wyclif Luke xxiii. 23 And thei contynueden axinge with greete voices, that he schulde be crucified. 1526Tindale Acts xii. 16 Peter contynued knockinge. 1611Bible 1 Sam. i. 12 As she continued praying before the Lord. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvi. 139 By whose authority they now continue to be Lawes. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 138 In one day to have marr'd What he..six Nights and Days Continu'd making. 1719Lock in W. Wood Surv. Trade 59 [It] is likely to continue on to do so. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6041/10 The Pills continue to be sold by him. 1776Trial of Nundocomar 24/1 Kissen Juan Doss continues reading from the Rosenamma. 1875Jevons Money (1878) 83 They will continue to circulate as token coins.
14. To proceed in one's discourse; to resume or go on after pause or interruption.
1711Steele Spect. No. 118 ⁋2 Of all persons under the Sun (continued he..) be sure to set a Mark upon Confidents. 1726Swift Gulliver ii. iii, And thus he continued on, while my colour came and went..with indignation. 1885Sir W. V. Field in Law Times Rep. LII. 654/2 Lord Erskine continues thus: ‘If the court can discover,’ etc.
†15. ? To be or occur as sequel (Schmidt), or ? To remain behind. Obs.
1607Shakes. Timon ii. ii. 5 He..takes no accompt How things go from him, nor resumes no care Of what is to continue.
†16. To be attached or cohere to (so as to form a continuous mass). Obs.
1626Bacon Sylva §293 Such Bodies doe partly follow the Touch of another Body, and partly sticke and continue to themselues..as we see in Pitch, Glew, Birdlime, etc.
† III. 17. = contain. Obs.[See the etymology, and cf. contain v. 17.] 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. ix. 177 And euery maner seculer þat may nouȝt continue [v.r. contene. conteyne], Wysly go wedde. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 349 Suche blasfemyes ben foundun & contynnued in þes sectis. a1450Knt. de la Tour lxxxi. (1868) 105 Y haue spoke unto you of diuerse women..as it is continued in the bible. 1550Gardiner in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 760 a, I receiued a letter..and toke it..to continue no effectual inhibicion. 1572J. Jones Bathes Buckstone Pref. 8 If the style or endyting be best, which continueth the matter. |