the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto
the mother. --Sir T.
browne.
2. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist
in; to cease not.
O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know
thee. --Ps. xxxvi.
10.
You know how to make yourself happy by only
continuing such a life as you have been long
acustomed to lead. --Pope.
3. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add
to or draw out in length.
A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued,
reaching th' utmost orb of this frail world.
--Milton.
4. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees
were continued; also, to suffer to live.
And how shall we continue Claudio. --Shak.
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.
2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam.
xiii. 14.
3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere;
to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a
particular condition, course, or series of actions; as,
the army continued to advance.
If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed. --John viii.
31.
Syn: To persevere; persist. See {Persevere}.