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Word Meanings - CONTINUANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. Great plagues, and of long continuence. Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii.

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1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. Great plagues, and of long continuence. Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii. 7. 2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewell; perpetuation; propagation. The brute immedistely regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison. 3. A holding together; continuity. Bacon. The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. The entry of such adjuornment and the grounds thereof on the record.

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  • PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
    Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values
  • SHAMBLE
    One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. (more info) a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum
  • BOUNDLESS
    Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.
  • CREEP
    to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • FOUNDATION
    The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
  • LIMITARIAN
    Tending to limit.
  • LIMITIVE
    Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
  • FOOTMARK
    A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
  • LIMITABLE
    Capable of being limited.
  • PERIODONTAL
    Surrounding the teeth.
  • CONTINUITY
    the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity
  • FOOTPLATE
    See
  • CRAWL STROKE
    A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee.
  • FOOTBRIDGE
    A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
  • FOOTHOLD
    A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
  • GROUNDNUT
    The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
  • STANDARD
    The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
  • STANDPOINT
    A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
  • HOME-BOUND
    Kept at home.
  • OUTBOUND
    Outward bound. Dryden.
  • GOOSEFOOT
    A genus of herbs mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • INCONSEQUENCE
    The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
  • RECONTINUANCE
    The act or state of recontinuing.
  • SURFOOT
    Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. Nares.
  • SALTFOOT
    A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
  • BYSTANDER
    One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
  • MISCONCLUSION
    An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall.
  • UNLIMITED
    1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • UNBOUND
    imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • FOURFOOTED
    Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts.

 

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