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† conˈtune, v. Obs.
A variant of continue of obscure formation, frequent in 14–15th c.
c1400Rom. Rose 4354 It is of Love, as of Fortune, That chaungeth ofte, and nyl contune. Ibid. 5335. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 69 He is cause þat þe synnar contuniþ in his iuel. c1430Lydg. Bochas Prol. 9 Ne none so high in his estate contune Free from thawayting and danger of Fortune. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 299 And whan that she longe in this manere Contunyd had, no word seying. c1475Partenay 2207, 2881. |