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ina given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matt. xv. 32.

med after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. "Continued woe." Jenyns. "Continued succession." Locke. Continued bass (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the sa…

Continuously.

One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence. "Indulgent continuers in sin." Hammond. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. Shak.

the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to…

Basso continuo, or continued bass.

essation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. Longfellow.

In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.

Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.

Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

In a manner that corrupts.

A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright- colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.

The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

elonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters. Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle Aytoun.

Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13.

Same as Craps.

Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [Obs.]