CPage 388
- English Word Continue Definition To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.
- English Word Continued Definition of Continue
- English Word Continued Definition Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story.
- English Word Continuedly Definition Continuously.
- English Word Continuer Definition One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence.
- English Word Continuing Definition of Continue
- English Word Continuities Definition of Continuity
- English Word Continuity Definition the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.
- English Word Continuo Definition Basso continuo, or continued bass.
- English Word Continuous Definition 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.
- English Word Continuous Definition Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- English Word Continuously Definition In a continuous maner; without interruption.
- English Word Contline Definition The space between the strands on the outside of a rope.
- English Word Contline Definition The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.
- English Word Contorniate Definition Alt. of Contorniate
- English Word Contorniate Definition A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.
- English Word Contorsion Definition See Contortion.
- English Word Contort Definition To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
- English Word Contorted Definition Twisted, or twisted together.
- English Word Contorted Definition Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.
- English Word Contorted Definition Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation.
- English Word Contortion Definition A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.
- English Word Contortive Definition Expressing contortion.
- English Word Contortuplicate Definition Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory.
- English Word Contour Definition The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
- English Word Contour Definition The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
- English Word Contourne' Definition Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like.
- English Word Contourniated Definition Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.
- English Word Contra Definition A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.
- English Word Contraband Definition Illegal or prohibited traffic.