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▪ I. continuing, vbl. n.|kənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb continue; continuation, continuance; abiding.
1398Trevisa Barth. de P.R. iii. vii. (1495) 53 He lykenyth the soule racional to a cercle by cause of his perfeccion and contynuynge. 1643Milton Divorce vi. (1851) 35 It is not the outward continuing of mariage that keepes whole that cov'nant. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 53 The ceasing or continuing the said Method of Sheathing.
▪ II. conˈtinuing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That continues (in various senses of the verb); abiding, lasting; persistent, persevering.
1393Gower Conf. II. 18 It semeth love is welwillende To hem that ben continuende With besy herte to pursue Thing that is to love due. 1526Tindale Heb. xiii. 14 For here haue we no continuynge citie [So 1611]. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 152 Desiring to eternize his fame, in a more continuing way. 1845S. C. Hall Whiteboy xi. 100 Stimulated by continuing peril. 1875Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. v. (ed. 5) 63 A continuing protest against the validity of Charles's title.
†2. Formerly used in concord with a substantive absolutely (= Lat. ablative absolute), as an adverbial adjunct of the sentence, like, during, pending, and so tending to be regarded as a preposition; e.g. continuing my life = while my life continues, during my life. Obs.
1515Barclay Egloges (1570) B iij b, Thy dishes be one continuing the yere. Ibid. B vj b, Better were to bide continuing my life. 1682G. Vernon Life of Heylyn 34 Continuing this time, Mr. Heylyn had no very considerable subsistence for himself and his new Companion.
Hence conˈtinuingly adv.
1494Fabyan Chron. vi. ccxiv. 231 The sayd..vii. slepers..sleped contynuyngly to the laste..yeres of Theodocius. |