1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. Great plagues, and of long continuence. Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii. 7.
2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewell; perpetuation; propagation. The brute immedistely regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison.
3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] Bacon.
4. (Law) (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. (b) The entry of such adjuornment and the grounds thereof on the record.
CONTINUANT
Con*tin"u*ant, a.
Defn: Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound.
— n.
Defn: A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
CONTINUATE
Con*tin"u*ate, a. Etym: [L. continuatus, p.p. See Continue.]
1. Immediately united together; intimately connocted. [R.] We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker.
2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. An untirable and continuate goodness. Shak.