continuate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of continuate
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin continuātus, past participle of continuāre to continue; see -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Pardon me, Bianca: I haue this while with leaden thoughts beene prest, But I shall in a more continuate time Strike off this score of absence.
From Othello by Shakespeare, William
Per le continuate premure ed insistenze di questo egregio uffiziale postale Signor Rocca Francesco—che nulla lascia pel bene avviamento del nostro uffizio—presso 1' on.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
A most incomparable man; breathed as it were To an untirable and continuate goodness: He passes.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various
A most incomparable man; breath'd, as it were, To an untirable and continuate goodness.
From Timon of Athens by Shakespeare, William
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