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continuate en · VERB · etymology 1

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
continuating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
continuated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
continuated Tense=Past lexicographic
continuates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

continuating · continuated

continuate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

First attested in 1471; inherited from Middle English continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Continuous; uninterrupted; continued without break or interruption.
    • We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
    • 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. , I.iii.1.2
    • An untirable and continuate goodness. c. 1605-08, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act 1, scene 1:
  2. (obsolete) Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more continuate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most continuate Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

continuateness · continuately

Synonyms

everlasting · extending · persistent · diuturnal · endless · ceaseless · prolonged · longevitous · ongoing · continual · incessive · longevous · permanent · nonstop · unremitting · abiding · eternal · lasting · termless · incessant · continuate · incessant · long-lasting · durable · never-ending · infinite · persistent · extended · still · long-drawn-out · enduring · perdurable · hard-wearing · continuate · unbroken · prolonged · relentless · dreich · long-lived · uninterrupted · perpetual · endurable · uniform · successive · constant · unintermitted · unbroken · diuturnal · continuous · amaranthine · chronic · unending · unceasing · longsome · standing · lasting · steady · protracted · solid · durative