continuate

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12
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16
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10

Definition of continuate

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete)To make continuous, to give continuity to.
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verb

  1. (obsolete)To make continuous, to give continuity to.
  2. (obsolete)To continue, perpetuate.

adj

  1. (obsolete)Continuous; uninterrupted; continued without break or interruption.
    “Childish in some, terrible in others; to be derided in one, pitied or admired in another; to him by fits, to a second continuate: and howsoever these symptoms be common and incident to all persons, yet they are the most remarkable, frequent, furious, and violent in melancholy men.”
    “An untirable and continuate goodness.”
    “We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his.”
  2. (obsolete)Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English continuaten, from continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin continuātus, perfect passive participle of continuō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of continue.

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