† continentedadj.
Etymology: < continent adj. 6, implying a verb to continent.
Obsolete.
the world > the earth > land > tract > [adjective] > continuous
1654 R. Vilvain tr. iv. 1 The 2 Countries [were] antiently continented; but since severed.
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