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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Con-tin'u-al, a. p. 285Proceeding without interruption or cessation; constant; unceasing; lasting; abiding; continuous. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15. 2. Very frequent; often repeated; of…Continual claim or Continual proportionals p. 285a claim that is made from time to time, within every year and a day, to land or other estate, the possession of which can not be obtained without hazard. It is now abolished in England. Cowell.—…Con-tin'ū-āl'i-ty, n. p. 285The state of being continual; continualness. [Rare.]Con-tin'ū-al-ly, adv. p. 285Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the ocean is continually rolling its waves on the shore. 2. Very often; in repeated succession.Con-tin'ū-al-ness, n. p. 285Permanence. Hales.Con-tin'u-ance, n. p. 285A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, &c.; perseverance; constancy; stay. “Patient continuance in well-doing.” Rom. ii. 7. Continuance of evil…Con-tĭn'ū-āte, v. t. p. 285To join closely together. [Rare.]Con-tĭn'ū-ate, a. p. 285Immediately united together; intimately connected. [Rare.] We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker. 2. Uninterrupted; unbroken.…Con-tĭn'ū-ate-ly, adv. p. 285With continuity; without interruption. [Rare.]Con-tĭn'ū-ate-ness, n. p. 285The quality of being continuate. [Rare.] Digby.Con-tin'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 285The act of continuing, or the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; production; propagation. Addison. 2. That which extends, increases, or supplements, as the…Con-tin'ū-a-tive, n. p. 285(Logic.) A term or expression denoting continuance. To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. Watts.…Con-tin'ū-ā'tor, n. p. 285One who continues or keeps up a series or succession; a continuer. Browne.Con-tin'ue, v. i. p. 285To remain in a given place or condition; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matt. xv. 32.…Con-tin'ūe, v. t. p. 285To hold in a given place or position; to maintain connection with. [Obs.] 2. To carry onward or extend from one time, place, or condition, to another; to prolong; to protract; to persist in. O…Con-tin'ued, p. a. p. 285Having extension of time, space, order of events, and the like. “Continued woe.” Jenyns. “Continued succession.” Locke. Continued bass (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music; the…Con-tin'ū-ed-ly, adv. p. 285\ Without interruption; without ceasing. Norris.Con-tin'ū-er, n. p. 285One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance; a continuator. [Shak.]Cŏn/tĭ-nū'i-ty, n. p. 285The state of being continuous; uninterrupted connection; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of…Law of continuity p. 285the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. Brande.Con-tĭn'ū-oŭs, a. p. 285Without break, cessation, or interruption; constantly prolonged; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. “Continuous depth.” Thomson. 2. (Bot.)…Con-tĭn'ū-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 285In a continuous manner; without interruption.Con-tôr'ni-ate or Con-tôr'ni-ā'to, n. p. 285(Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a curved furrow on each side, and supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.Con-tôr'sion, n. p. 285See CONTORTION.Con-tôrt', v. t. p. 285To twist together; to writhe. The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. Ray.Con-tôrt'ed, p. a. p. 285Twisted together. “A contorted chain of icicles.” Massinger. 2. (Bot.) (a.) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants. (b.) Arranged so as to overlap other parts; as, petals in contorted or…Con-tôr'tion, n. p. 285A twisting; a writhing; a wresting; a twist; wry motion; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. Swift. 2. (Anat.) A twisting or wresting of a limb or member of the body out of its natural…Con-tôr'tioŭs-ness, n. p. 285The state of being contorted. [Obs.] Ash.Con-tôr'tĭve, a. p. 285Expressing contortion.Cŏn'tor-tū'pli-cate, a. p. 285(Bot.) Turned back on itself. Gray.Con-tour', n. p. 285The line that bounds, defines, or terminates a figure; outline; periphery. Johnson. 2. (Mil.) The horizontal outline of ground or works of fortification. Contour of ground (Surv.), the form of the…Con-tour'ni-ā'ted, a. p. 285Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.Cŏn'trȧ p. 285A Latin preposition, signifying against, in opposition, entering into the composition of some English words. It is properly the ablative of an adjective, conterus (formed from con, with), which is…Cŏn'tra-bănd, a. p. 285Prohibited by law or treaty; forbidden. The articles between France and this state for contraband goods. Temple. The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure, with the fair trade. Burke.Cŏn'tra-bănd, n. p. 285Prohibited merchandise or traffic. Contraband of war, goods which neutrals are prohibited from carrying during war to the belligerent parties, or which a belligerent has, by the law of nations, the…Cŏn'tra-bănd, v. t. p. 285To import, as prohibited goods. [Obs.] Johnson. 2. To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severely contrabands Our taking business off men's hands. Hudibras.Cŏn'tra-bănd'ist, n. p. 285One who traffics illegally; a smuggler in time of war.Cŏn'tra-băs'so, n. p. 285(Mus.) The largest kind of bass-viol, usually called the double-bass, or violone. Brande.Con-trăct', v. t. p. 285To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to abridge; to shorten; to lessen; as, to contract the area of a field or territory; to contract one's sphere of action, or one's faculties.…Con-trăct', v. i. p. 286To be drawn together; to be reduced in compass; to be narrowed, shortened, or curtailed; to shrink. “Years contracting to a moment.” Wordsworth. 2. To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to…Con-trăct'ed, a. p. 286Affianced; betrothed. [Obs.] Shak.Cŏnʹtract, n. p. 286(Law.) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a…Con-trāct'ed, p. a. p. 286Drawn together; narrow; abridged; betrothed; mean.Con-tráct'ed-ly, adv. p. 286In a contracted manner.Con-trăct'ed-ness, n. p. 286The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; excessive selfishness.Con-træct'i-bil'i-ty, n. p. 286Capability of being contracted; quality of suffering contraction; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air. Arbuthnot.Con-trăct'i-ble, a. p. 286Capable of contraction. Small air-bladders dilatable and contractible. Arbuthnot.Con-träct'i-ble-ness, n. p. 286The quality of being contractible; contractibility.Con-trăc'tile, a. p. 286Tending to contract; having the power of shortening or of drawing into smaller dimensions. “The heart’s contractile force.” Brookes.Con/trac-til'i-ty, n. p. 286The inherent quality or force by which bodies shrink or contract. Beddoes.Con-træ'tion, n. p. 286The act of contracting, drawing together, or shrinking; the act of shortening, narrowing, or lessening, extent or dimensions. Unarmed, they might Have easily, as spirits, evaded swift By quick…Con-trăct'ive, a. p. 286Tending to contract; serving to contract. The heart, as said, from its contractive cave On the left side, ejects the bounding wave. Blackmore.Con-trāct'or, n. p. 286One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do any thing for another; specifically, one who contracts or engages to perform any work or service for the public, at a…Cŏn’tra-dance, n. p. 286A dance in which the partners are arranged in opposition, or in opposite lines. [Written also, but corruptly, country-dance.]Cōn'tra-dict', v. t. p. 286To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny. It is not lawful to contradict a point of history which is known to all the world. Dryden. 2. To be directly contrary to; to…Cŏn`tra-dĭct'a-ble, a. p. 286Capable of being contradicted; deniable.Cŏn`tra-dict'er, n. p. 286One who contradicts or denies; an opposer. Swift.Cŏn′tra-dĭc′tion, n. p. 286An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial. All the number of his fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak. 2. Direct opposition or repugnancy…Principle of contradiction p. 286the axiom or law of thought that a thing can not be and not be at the same time; or a thing can not be what it is not; A is not (not—A).Cōn/tra-dĭc'tion-al, a. p. 286Inconsistent. [Rare.] Milton.