1. [v]  exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
2. [v]  continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
3. [v]  move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
4. [v]  allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"
5. [v]  keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
6. [v]  continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
7. [v]  continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
8. [v]  continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
9. [v]  carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"

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1. \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Continued}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Continuing}.] [F. continuer, L. continuare,
   -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See
   {Continuous}, and cf. {Continuate}.]
   1. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in
      connection with; 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.
   2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
            But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam.
                                                  xiii. 14.
   3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere;
      to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a
      particular condition, course, or series of actions; as,
      the army continued to advance.
            If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
            indeed.                               --John viii.
                                                  31.
   Syn: To persevere; persist. See {Persevere}.
   

2. \Con*tin"ue\, v. t.
   1. To unite; to connect. [Obs.]
            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
            acustomed 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.