CONTINUATELY
CONTINUATELY, adverb With continuity; without interruption. [Little used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CONTINUATION
CONTINUATION, noun [Latin]1. Extension of existence in a series or line; succession uninterrupted.These things must be the works of providence, for the continuation of the speci...
CONTINUATIVE
CONTINUATIVE, noun1. An expression noting permanence or duration.To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes at least two propositions, viz...
CONTINUATOR
CONTINUATOR, noun One who continues or keeps up a series or succession.
CONTINUE
CONTINUE, verb intransitive [Latin, to hold. See Tenet.]1. To remain in a state, or place; to abide for any time indefinitely.The multitude continue with me now three days, and ...
CONTINUED
CONTINUED, participle passive1. Drawn out; protracted; produced; extended in length; extended without interruption.2.adjective Extended in time without intermission; proceeding ...
CONTINUEDLY
CONTINUEDLY, adverb Without interruption; without ceasing.
CONTINUER
CONTINUER, noun One who continues; cone that has the power of perseverance.
CONTINUING
CONTINUING, participle present tense1. Remaining fixed or permanent; abiding; lasting; enduring; persevering; protracting; producing in length.2.adjective Permanent.Here we have...
CONTINUITY
CONTINUITY, noun [Latin] Connection uninterrupted; cohesion; close union of parts; unbroken texture.Philosophers talk of the solution of continuity
CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS, adjective [Latin] Joined without intervening space; as continuous depth.
CONTORSION
CONTORTION, CONTORSION noun [Latin]
CONTORT
CONTORT, verb transitive [Latin] TO twist together; to writhe.
CONTORTED
CONTORTED, participle passive Twisted together. A contorted corol, in botany, has the edge of one petal lying over the next, in an oblique direction.
CONTORTION
CONTORTION, CONTORSION, noun [Latin]1. A twisting; a writhing; a wresting; a twist; wry motion; as the contorsion of the muscles of the face.2. In medicine, a twisting or wresti...
CONTOUR
CONTOUR, noun The outline; the line that defines or terminates a figure.
CONTOURNIATED
CONTOURNIATED, adjective Having edges appearing as if turned in a lathe.
CONTRA
CONTRA. A Latin preposition signifying against, in opposition, entering into the composition of some English words. It appears to be a compound of con and tra, like intra; tra f...
CONTRA-DANCE
CONTRA-DANCE, COUNTER-DANCE, noun A dance in which the partners are arranged in opposition, or in opposite lines.
CONTRA-TENOR
CONTRA-TENOR, noun In music, a middle part between the tenor and treble; counter.
CONTRABAND
CONTRABAND, adjective [See Ban.] Prohibited. contraband goods are such as are prohibited to be imported or exported, either by the laws of a particular kingdom or state, or by t...
CONTRABANDIST
CONTRABANDIST, noun One who trafficks illegally.
CONTRACT
CONTRACT, verb transitive [Latin, to draw. See Draw.]1. To draw together or nearer; to draw into a less compass, either in length or breadth; to shorten; to abridge; to narrow; ...
CONTRACTED
CONTRACTED, participle passive1. Drawn together, or into a shorter or narrower compass; shrunk; betrothed; incurred; bargained.2.adjective Narrow; mean; selfish; as a man of a c...
CONTRACTEDLY
CONTRACTEDLY, adverb In a contracted manner.
CONTRACTEDNESS
CONTRACTEDNESS, noun1. The state of being contracted.2. Narrowness; meanness; excessive selfishness.
CONTRACTIBILITY
CONTRACTIBILITY, noun Possibility of being contracted; quality of suffering contraction; as the contractibility and dilatibility of air.