Con‐tin″ue, v. t. 1. To unite; to connect.
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 accustomed 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.