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Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15.

Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness Bentley.

continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. -- Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.

Without break, cessation, 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.

; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. Swift. All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. Burke.

nt or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak.

That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. "Speak without control." Dryden.

state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. You may do it without controlment. Shak.

To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.

ss disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.

In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II. Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament, to the Convention, and to William of Orange.…

informal dialogue. The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel. Macaulay.

An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.

ly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell. Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

sonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

nk lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.