continuate

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English

Etymology

From the past participle of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin continuare.

Adjective

continuate (comparative more continuate, superlative most continuate)

  1. (obsolete) Continuous; uninterrupted; continued without break or interruption.
    • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, I.iii.1.2:
      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.
    • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      An untirable and continuate goodness.
    • (Can we date this quote by Hooker and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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.

References


Italian

Verb

continuate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of continuare
  2. second-person plural imperative of continuare
  3. feminine plural of continuato

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) continuāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of continuō