continuern.
/kənˈtɪnjuːə/ 1. One who continues, or carries on; esp. one who continues a history or other unfinished work.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > one who
continuer1548
proceeder1612
continuator1656
get-on1867
society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writer of sequels
continuator1656
continuer1658
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlvv The norice and continuer of warre and hostilitie.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 222 The Continuer of Thuanus his History.
1658 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 213 Holding only Fame to be the strongest continuer of a family.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 25 May (1885) I. 253 The Continuer of Athenæ Oxon.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vii. 119 The inheritors and continuers of a common civilization.
2. One who continues in a state, etc.; one who persists, remains, keeps on, stays.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > permanent thing or person
perpetuity?1406
perseveranta1500
continuer1548
remainer1565
standard1639
holder-out1645
constancy1710
permanent1747
permanency1794
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xi He now obteinyng the croune of the realme, if he wer therin a long continuer.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 212 Continuers at home.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 136 I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer . View more context for this quotation
1632 D. Lupton London & Countrey carbonadoed, Tenants at will in Halliwell Repr. Charac. Bks. (1857) 309 These are Continuers onely upon their Maisters pleasure.
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