CONSULATECon"su*late, n. Etym: [L. consulatus: cf. F. consulat.]
1. The office of a consul. Addison.
2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent.
3. Consular government; term of office of a consul.
CONSULSHIPCon"sul*ship, n.
1. The office of a consul; consulate.
2. The term of office of a consul.
CONSULTCon*sult", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Consulted; p.pr. & vb.n. Consulting.]Etym: [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf.Counsel.]
Defn: To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes.
CONSULTCon*sult", v. t.
1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . . ; they were content to consult liberaries. Whewell.
2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. L'Estrange.
3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.] Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. Clarendon.
4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.] Thou hast consulted shame to thy Hab. ii. 10.
CONSULTCon*sult" ( or ), n.
1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.] The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden.
2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] "A consult of coquettes." Swift.
3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] Dryden.
CONSULTARYCon*sult"a*ry, a.
Defn: Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. Consultary response (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton.
CONSULTATIONCon`sul*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation.]
1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. Milton.
2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; — so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded.
CONSULTATIVECon*sult"a*tive, a.
Defn: Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.
CONSULTATORYCon*sult"a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft.
CONSULTERCon*sult"er, n.
Defn: One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
CONSULTINGCon*sult"ing, a.
Defn: That consults. Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.
CONSULTIVECon*sult"ive, a.
Defn: Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate;consultative.He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative,consultive, knowing act. Jer. Taylor.
CONSUMABLECon*sum"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent. "Consumable commodities." Locke.
CONSUMECon*sume", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consumed; p.pr. & vb.n. Consuming.]Etym: [L. consumere to take wholly or complectely, to consume; con- +sumere to take; sub + emere to buv. See Redeem.]
Defn: To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10.
Syn. — To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
CONSUMECon*sume", v. i.
Defn: To waste away slowly.Therefore, let Renedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs.Shak.
CONSUMEDLYCon*sum"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: Excessively. [Low]He's so consumedly pround of it. Thackeray.
CONSUMERCon*sum"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
CONSUMER'S GOODSCon*sum"er's goods. (Polit. Econ.)
Defn: Economic goods that directly satisfy human wants or desires, such as food, clothes, pictures, etc.; — called also consumption goods, or goods of the first order, and opposed to producer's goods.
CONSUMER'S SURPLUSConsumer's surplus. (Polit. econ.)
Defn: The excess that a purchaser would be willing to pay for a commodity over that he does pay, rather than go without the commodity; — called also consumer's rent.
The price which a person pays for a thing can never exceed, and seldom comes up to, that which he would be willing to pay rather than go without it. . . . The excess of the price which he would be willing to pay rather than go without it, over that which he actually does pay, is the economic measure of this surplus satisfaction. It has some analogies to a rent; but is perhaps best called simply consumer's surplus. Alfred Marshall.
CONSUMINGLYCon*sum"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a consuming manner.
CONSUMMATE Con*sum"mate, a. Etym: [L. consummatus, p.p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum.]
Defn: Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate virtue." Addison. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley
CONSUMMATECon"sum*mate, v. t. [imp & p. p. Consummated; p. pr & vb. n.Consummating.]
Defn: To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. To consummate this business happily. Shak.
CONSUMMATELYCon*sum"mate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.
CONSUMMATIONCon`sum*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. consummatio.]
Defn: The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated;completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the worldor of life)."Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak.From its original to its consummation. Addison.Quiet consummation have, And renownShak.Consummation of marrige, completion of the connubial relation byactual cohabition.
CONSUMMATIVECon*sum"ma*tive, a.
Defn: Serving to consummate; completing. "The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy." Sir W. Hamilton.
CONSUMPTIONCon*sump"tion, n.. Etym: [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.]
1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. Burke.
2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
3. (Med.)
Defn: A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; — called also pulmonary consumption. Consumption of the bowels (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.
Syn.— Decline; waste; decay. See Decline.
CONSUMPTIVECon*sump"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. consomptif.]
1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.
CONSUMPTIVECon*sump"tive, n.
Defn: One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
CONSUMPTIVELYCon*sump"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a way tending to or indication consumption. Beddoes.
CONSUMPTIVENESSCon*sump"tive*ness, n.
Defn: A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.
CONTABESCENTCon`ta*bes"cent, a. Etym: [L. contabescenc, p.pr. of contabescere.]
Defn: Wasting away gradually. Darwin. - Con*ta*bes"cence, n.
CONTACT Con"tact, n. Etym: [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
3. (Mining)
Defn: The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. Raymond. Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; — used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
CONTACTIONCon*tac"tion, n.
Defn: Act of touching. [Obs.]
CONTAGIONCon*ta"gion, n. Etym: [L. contagio: cf. F. contagion. See Contact.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.
Note: The term has been applied by some to the action of miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter, bogs, fens, etc., but in this sense it is now abandoned. Dunglison. And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night Shak.
2. That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease.
3. The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm. "The contagion of example." Eikon Basilike. When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.
4. Venom; poison. [Obs.] "I'll touch my point with this contagion." Shak.
Syn.— See Infection.
CONTAGIONEDCon*ta"gioned, a.
Defn: Affected by contagion.
CONTAGIONISTCon*ta"gion*ist, n.
Defn: One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.
CONTAGIOUSCon*ta"gious, a. Etym: [L. contagiosus: cf. F. contagieux.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.
3. Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others. His genius rendered his courage more contagious. Wirt. The spirit of imitation is contagious. Ames.
Syn. — Contagious, Infectious. These words have been used in very diverse senses; but, in general, a contagious disease has considered as one which is caught from another by contact, by the breath, by bodily effluvia, etc.; while an infectious disease supposes some entirely different cause acting by a hidden influence, like the miasma of prison ships, of marshes, etc., infecting the system with disease. "This distinction, though not universally admitted by medical men, as to the literal meaning, of the words, certainly applies to them in their figurative use. Thus we speak of the contagious influence of evil associates; their contagion of bad example, the contagion of fear, etc., when we refer to transmission by proximity or contact. On the other hand, we speak of infection by bad principles, etc., when we consider anything as diffused by some hidden influence.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASECon*ta"gious dis*ease". (Med.)
Defn: A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering from it, or with some secretion of, or object touched by, such a patient. Most such diseases have already been proved to be germ diseases, and their communicability depends on the transmission of the living germs. Many germ diseases are not contagious, some special method of transmission or inoculation of the germs being required.
CONTAGIOUSLYCon*ta"gious*ly, adv.
Defn: In a contagious manner.
CONTAGIOUSNESSCon*ta"gious*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being contagious.
CONTAGIUMCon*ta"gi*um, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Contagion; contagious matter. "Contagium of measles." Tyndall.
CONTAINCon*tain", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contained; p.pr. & vb.n. Containing.]Etym: [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]
1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores contain bring forth. Milton.
2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. Shak.
CONTAINCon*tain", v. i.
Defn: To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9.
CONTAINABLECon*tain"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
CONTAINANTCon*tain"ant, n.
Defn: A container.
CONTAINERCon*tain"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, contains.
CONTAINMENTCon*tain"ment, n.
Defn: That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.]The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
CONTAMINABLECon*tam"i*na*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being contaminated.
CONTAMINATE Con*tam"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contaminated; p.pr. & vb.n. Contaminating.] Etym: [L. contaminatus, p.p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.]
Defn: To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.
Syn.— To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.
CONTAMINATECon*tam"i*nate, a.
Defn: Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink."Daniel.
CONTAMINATIONCon*tam`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. contaminatio.]
Defn: The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
CONTAMITIVECon*tam"i*tive, a.
Defn: Tending or liable to contaminate.
CONTANGO Con*tan"go, n.; pl. Contangoes. Etym: [Prob. a corruption of contingent.]
1. (Stock Exchange)
Defn: The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [Eng.]
2. (Law)
Defn: The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation. N. Biddle.
CONTEConte, n.; pl. Contes (#). [F.]
Defn: A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising or marvelous events.
The conte (sic) is a tale something more than a sketch, it may be, and something less than a short story. . . . The "Canterbury Tales" are contes, most of them, if not all, and so are some of the "Tales of a Wayside Inn." Brander Matthews.
CONTECTIONCon*tec"tion, n. Etym: [L. contegere, -tectum, to cover up.]
Defn: A covering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CONTEK Con"tek, n. Etym: [OE. conteck, conteke, contake, perh. a corruption either of contact or contest.]
1. Quarrel; contention; contest. [Obs.] Contek with bloody knife. Chaucer.
2 2
Defn: Contumely; reproach. [Obs.] Wyclif.
CONTEMN Con*temn", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contemned; p.pr. & vb.n. Contemning ( or ).] Etym: [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.]
Defn: To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; toreject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton.One who contemned divine and human laws. Dryden.
Syn. — To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook. — To Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base.
CONTEMNERCon*tem"ner ( or ), n.
Defn: One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
CONTEMNINGLYCon*tem"ning*ly, adv.
Defn: Contemptuously. [R.]
CONTEMPER Con*tem"per, v. t. Etym: [L. contemperare, -temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf. Contemperate.]
Defn: To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; tosoften. [Obs.]The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered itsmalignancy. Johnson.
CONTEMPERATECon*tem"per*ate, v. t. Etym: [See Contemper.]
Defn: To temper; to moderate. [Obs.]Moisten and contemperate the air. Sir T. Browne.
CONTEMPERATIONCon*tem`per*a"tion, n.
1. The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Proportionate mixture or combination. "Contemperation of light and shade." Boyle.
CONTEMPERATURECon*tem"per*a*ture, n.
Defn: The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture;temperature. [Obs.]The different contemperature of the elements. SDouth.
CONTEMPLANCECon*tem"plance, n.
Defn: Contemplation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CONTEMPLANTCon*tem"plant, a. Etym: [L. contemplans, p.pr.]
Defn: Given to contemplation; meditative. [R.] Coleridge.
CONTEMPLATE Con"tem*plate, v. t. [imp & p. p. Contemplated (# or #); p.pr & vb. n. Contemplating.] Etym: [L. contemplatus, p.p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See Temple.]
1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. Milton. We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. Byron.
2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend. There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions. A. Hamilton. If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war. Kent.
Syn. — To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on; reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose; purpose. See Meditate.
CONTEMPLATECon"tem*plate, v. i.
Defn: To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; tomuse; to meditate.So many hours must I contemplate. Shak.
CONTEMPLATIONCon`tem*pla"tion, n. Etym: [F. contemplation, L. contemplatio.]
1. The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study. In contemplation of created things, By steps we may ascend to God. Milton. Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view. Locke.
2. Holy meditation. [Obs.] To live in prayer and contemplation. Shak.
3. The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing. In contemplation of returning at an early date, he left. Reid. To have in contemplation, to inted or purpose, or to have under consideration.
CONTEMPLATISTCon*tem"pla*tist, n.
Defn: A contemplator. [R.] I. Taylor.
CONTEMPLATIVECon*tem"pla*tive, a. Etym: [F. contemplatif, L. contemplativus.]
1. Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative. Fixed and contemplative their looks. Denham.
2. Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. Ray.
CONTEMPLATIVECon*tem"pla*tive, n. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.
CONTEMPLATIVELYCon*tem"pla*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.
CONTEMPLATIVENESSCon*tem"pla*tive*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.
CONTEMPLATORCon"tem*pla`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who contemplates. Sir T. Browne.
CONTEMPORANEITYCon*tem`po*ra*ne"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state of being contemporaneous.The lines of contemporaneity in the oölitic system. J. Philips.
CONTEMPORANEOUS Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.]
Defn: Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides,and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school ofArabic philosophy. Milman- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.
CONTEMPORANEOUSLYCon*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: At the same time with some other event.
CONTEMPORARINESSCon*tem"po*ra*ri*ness, n.
Defn: Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell.
CONTEMPORARY Con*tem"po*ra*ry, a. Etym: [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.]
1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.
2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.
CONTEMPORARYCon*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Contemporaries.
Defn: One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch andChaucer were contemporaries.
CONTEMPT Con*tempt", n. Etym: [L. contemptus, fr. contemnere: cf. OF. contempt. See Contemn.]
1. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteement mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. Criminal contempt of public feeling. Macaulay. Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great. Addison.
2. The state of being despised; disgrace; shame. Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back. Shaks.
3. An act or expression denoting contempt. Little insults and contempts. Spectator. The contempt and anger of his lip. Shak.
4. (Law)
Defn: Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.
Note: Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to include publications reflecting injuriously on a court of justice, or commenting unfairly on pending proceedings; in other jurisdictions the courts are prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus exercising this process.
Syn. — Disdain; scorn; derision; mockery; contumely; neglect; disregard; slight.
CONTEMPTIBILITYCon*tempt`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. Speed.
CONTEMPTIBLECon*tempt"i*ble, a.
1. Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile;despicable. Milton.The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful.Burke.
2. Despised; scorned; neglected; abject. Locke.
3. Insolent; scornful; contemptuous. [Obs.] If she should make tender of her love, 't is very possible he 'll scorn it; for the man . . . hath a contemptible spirit. Shak.
Syn. — Despicable; abject; vile; mean; base; paltry; worthless; sorry; pitiful; scurrile. See Contemptuous. — Contemptible, Despicable, Pitiful, Paltry. Despicable is stronger than contemptible, as despise is stronger than contemn. It implies keen disapprobation, with a mixture of anger. A man is despicable chiefly for low actions which mark his life, such as servility, baseness, or mean adulation. A man is contemptible for mean qualities which distinguish his character, especially those which show him to be weak, foolish, or worthless. Treachery is despicable, egotism is contemptible. Pitiful and paltry are applied to cases which are beneath anger, and are simply contemptible in a high degree.
CONTEMPTIBLENESSCon*tempt"i*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.
CONTEMPTIBLYCon*tempt"i*bly, adv.
Defn: In a contemptible manner.
CONTEMPTUOUSCon*temp"tu*ous, a.
Defn: Manifecting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful;haughty; insolent; disdainful.A proud, contemptious behavior. Hammond.Savage invectiveand contemptuous sarcasm. Macaulay.Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews.Atterbury.
Syn. — Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious; insulting; contumelious. — Contemptuous, Contemptible. These words, from their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously interchanged, as when a person speaks of having "a very contemptible opinion of another." Contemptible is applied to that which is the object of contempt; as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow. Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates contempts; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling, an opinion, may be either contemptuous or contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not be contemptuous.
CONTEMPTUOUSLYCon*temp"tu*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor.
CONTEMPTUOUSNESSCon*temp"tu*ous*ness, n.
Defn: Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.
CONTENDCon*tend", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Contended; p.pr. & vb.n. Contending.]Etym: [OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum; con- + tendere tostrech. See Tend.]
1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. For never two such kingdoms did content Without much fall of blood. Shak. The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle. Deut. ii. 9. In ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valor. Shak.
2. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. Dryden.
3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; toargue.The question which our author would contend for. Locke.Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial. Dr. H. More.
Syn. — To struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose; emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate.
CONTENDCon*tend", v. t.
Defn: To struggle for; to contest. [R.]Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden.
CONTENDENTCon*tend"ent, n. Etym: [L. contendens, p.pr.]
Defn: n antagonist; a contestant. [Obs.] In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have been still made a prey to the third party. L'Estrange.
CONTENDERCon*tend"er, n.
Defn: One who contends; a contestant.
CONTENDRESSCon*tend"ress, n.
Defn: A female contestant. [R.]
CONTENEMENTCon*ten"e*ment, n. Etym: [Pref. con- + tenemnt.] (Law)
Defn: That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenetment, or thing holden, as a certin quantity of land a Burrill.
CONTENT Con*tent, a. Etym: [F. content, fr. L. contentus, p.p. of contenire to hold together, restrain. See Contain.]
Defn: Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited bythat which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied;contented; at rest.Having food rainment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. vi. 8.
CONTENTCon"tent ( or ; 277), n.; usually in pl., Contents.
1. That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book. I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original. Grew.
2. Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.] Strong ship's, of great content. Bacon.
3. (Geom.)
Defn: Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents. The geometrical content, figure, and situation of all the lands of a kingdom. Graunt. Table of contents, or Contents, a table or list of topics in a book, showing their order and the place where they may be found: a summary.
CONTENT Con*tent", v. t. Etym: [F. contenter, LL. contentare, fr. L. contentus, p.p. See Content, a.]
1. To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please. Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained. I. Watts. Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them. Mark xv. 15.
2. To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite. Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you. Shak.
Syn.— To satisfy; appease; plese. See Satiate.
CONTENTCon*tent", n.
1. Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness. Such is the fullness of my heart's content. Shak.
2. Acquiescence without examination. [Obs.] The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope.
3. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy. So will I in England work your grace's full content. Shak.
4. (Eng. House of Lords)
Defn: An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote; also, a member who votes "Content.". Supposing the number of "Contents" and "Not contents" strictly equal in number and consequence.Burke.
CONTENTATIONCon`ten*ta"tion, n. Etym: [LL. contentatio.]
Defn: Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONTENTEDCon*tent"ed, a.
Defn: Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.— Con*tent"ed*ly, adv.— Con*tent"ed*ness, n.
CONTENTFULCon*tent"ful, a.
Defn: Full of content. [Obs.] Barrow.
CONTENTIONCon*ten"tion, n. Etym: [F. contention, L. contentio. See Contend.]
1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. I would my arcontenion. Shak.
2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention. Contentions and strivings about the law. Titus iii. 9.
3. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal. An end . . . worthy our utmost contenion to obtain. Rogers.
4. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for. All men seem agreed what is to be done; the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined. Bagehot. This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision. Jowett.
Syn. — Struggle; strife; contest; quarrel; combat; conflict; feud; litigation; controversy; dissension; variance; disagreement; debate; competition; emulation. — Contention, Strife. A struggle between two parties is the idea common to these two words. Strife is a struggle for mastery; contention is a struggle for the possession of some desired object, or the accomplishment of some favorite end. Neither of the words is necessairly used in a bad sense, since there may be a generous strife or contention between two friends as to which shall incur danger or submit to sacrifices. Ordinarily, however, these words denote a struggle arising from bad passions. In that case, strife usually springs from a quarrelsome temper, and contention from, a selfish spirit which seeks its own aggrandizement, or is fearful lest others should obtain too such. Strife has more reference to the manner than to the object of a struggle, while contention takes more account of the end to be gained.
CONTENTIOUSCon*ten"tious, a. Etym: [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.]
1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay.
2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. Spenser. More cheerfull; though not less contentious, regions. Brougham.
3. (Law)
Defn: Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.
Syn.— Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious;perverse; peevish. - Con*ten"tious*ly, adv.— Con*ten"tious*ness, n.
CONTENTLESSCon*tent"less, a. Etym: [Content + -less.]
Defn: Discontented; dissatisfied. [R.] Shak.
CONTENTLYCon*tent"ly, adv.
Defn: In a contented manner. [Obs.]
CONTENTMENTCon*tent"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. contentement. See Content, v. t.]
1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6.
2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
3. Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. [Obs.] At Paris the prince spent one whole day to give his mind some contentment in viewing of a famous city. Sir H. Wotton.
CONTENTSCon*tents ( or ; 277), n. pl.
Defn: See Content, n.
CONTERMINABLECon*ter"mi*na*ble, a.
Defn: Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place;conterminous.Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton.
CONTERMINALCon*ter"mi*nal, a. Etym: [LL. conterminalis.]
Defn: Conterminous.
CONTERMINANTCon*ter"mi*nant, a.
Defn: Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.Lamb.
CONTERMINATE Con*ter"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. conterminare to border upon, fr. conterminus conterminous; con- + terminus border.]
Defn: Having the same bounds; conterminous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
CONTERMINOUSCon*ter"mi*nous, a. Etym: [L. conterminus. Cf. Conterminous.]
Defn: Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale.
CONTERRANEAN; CONTERRANEOUS Con`ter*ra"ne*an, Con`ter*ra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. conterraneus; con- + terra country.]
Defn: Of or belonging to the same country. Howell.
CONTESSERATION Con*tes`ser*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. contesseratio, from contesserare to contract friendship by means of the tesserae (friendship tokens).]
Defn: An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [Obs.] That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies. Oley.
CONTEST Con*test", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contested; p.pr. & vb.n. Contesting.] Etym: [F. contester, fr. L. contestari to call to witness, contestari litem to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action; con- + testari to be a witness, testic witness. See Testify.]
1. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute. The people . . . contested not what was done. Locke. Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty repeated, few more contested than this. J. D. Morell.
2. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
3. (Law)
Defn: To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert. To contest an election. (Polit.) (a) To strive to be elected. (b) To dispute the declared result of an election.
Syn.— To dispute; controvert; debate; litigate; oppose; argue; contend.
CONTESTCon*test", v. i.
Defn: To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; — followed usually by with. The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with in, when there are hopes of victory. Bp. Burnet. Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest Pope.
CONTESTCon"test, n.
1. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate;altercation.Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language.I. Watts.
2. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter. The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another. Hallam. It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce. Macaulay.
Syn. — Conflict; combat; battle; encounter; shock; struggle; dispute; altercation; debate; controvesy; difference; disagreement; strife. — Contest, Conflict, Combat, Encounter. Contest is the broadest term, and had originally no reference to actual fighting. It was, on the contrary, a legal term signifying to call witnesses, and hence came to denote first a struggle in argument, and then a struggle for some common object between opposing parties, usually one of considerable duration, and implying successive stages or acts. Conflict denotes literally a close personal engagement, in which sense it is applied to actual fighting. It is, however, more commonly used in a figurative sense to denote strenuous or direct opposition; as, a mental conflict; conflicting interests or passions; a conflict of laws. An encounter is a direct meeting face to face. Usually it is a hostile meeting, and is then very nearly coincident with conflict; as, an encounter of opposing hosts. Sometimes it is used in a looser sense; as, "this keen encounter of our wits." Shak. Combat is commonly applied to actual fighting, but may be used figuratively in reference to a strife or words or a struggle of feeling.
CONTESTABLECon*test"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. contestable.]
Defn: Capable of being contested; debatable.
CONTESTANTCon*test"ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. contestant.]
Defn: One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
CONTESTATION Con`tes*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. contestatio testimony: cf. F. contestation a contesting.]
1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." Milton. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon.
2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.] A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God. Barrow.
CONTESTINGLYCon*test"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a contending manner.
CONTEXCon*tex, v. t.
Defn: To context. [Obs.] Boyle.
CONTEXT Con*text", a. Etym: [L. contextus, p.p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text.]
Defn: Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.]The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.
CONTEXTCon"text, n. Etym: [L. contextus; cf. F. contexte .]
Defn: The part or parts of something written or printed, as ofScripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or areso intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp.
CONTEXTCon*text", v. t.
Defn: To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] Feltham. The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius.
CONTEXTURALCon*tex"tur*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666).
CONTEXTURECon*tex"ture, n. Etym: [Cf. F. contexture.]
Defn: The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture. That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.
CONTEXTUREDCon*tex"tured, a.
Defn: Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [R.]Carlyle.
CONTICENT Con"ti*cent, a. Etym: [L. conticens, p.pr. of conticere; con- + tacere to be silent.]
Defn: Silent. [R.] "The guests sit conticent." Thackeray.
CONTIGNATION Con`tig*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. contignatio, fr. contignare to join with beams; con- + tignum beam.]
1. The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. Burke.
2. A framework or fabric, as of beams. Sir H. Wotton.
CONTIGUATECon*tig"u*ate, a. Etym: [LL. contiguatus.]
Defn: Contiguous; touching. [Obs.] Holland.
CONTIGUITYCon`ti*gu"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. contiguit, LL. contiguitas.]
Defn: The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness;proximity.The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.
CONTIGUOUS Con*tig"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
Defn: In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring;adjoining.The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . butseemed contiguous at one of their angles. Sir I. Newton.Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. Goldsmith.Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
Syn.— Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. - Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv.— Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.
CONTINENCE; CONTINENCYCon"ti*nence, Con"ti*nen*cy, n. Etym: [F. continence, L. continentia.See Continent, and cf. Countenance.]
1. Self-restraint; self-command. He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, — a continence which is practiced by few writers. Dryden.
2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence. If they [the unmarried and widows] have not continency, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. Jer. Taylor.
3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
CONTINENTCon"ti*nent, a. Etym: [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr. ofcontinere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent. SeeContain.]
1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions;temperate; moderate.Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.Shak.
3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste. My past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now unhappy. Shak.
4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.] The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast. Berrewood.
CONTINENTCon"ti*nent, n. Etym: [L. continens, prop., a holding together: cf.F. continent. See Continent, a.]
1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.] The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. Bp. Kennet.
2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia, and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern Continent, and North and South America as the Western Continent. The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.
CONTINENTALCon`ti*nen"tal, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. Macaulay. No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. Hallam.
3. (Amer. Hist.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial army." W. Irving. Continental Congress. See under Congress. — Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
CONTINENTALCon`ti*nen"tal, n. (Amer. Hist.)
Defn: A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of theContinental currency. See Continental, a., 3.
CONTINENTAL DRIVECon`ti*nen"tal drive. (Automobiles)
Defn: A transmission arrangement in which the longitudinal crank shaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed gear, countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order.
CONTINENTAL GLACIERContinental glacier.
Defn: A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreading outward from a central névé, or region of accumulation.
CONTINENTAL PRONUNCIATIONContinental pronunciation (of Latin and Greek.)
Defn: A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowels have their more familiar Continental values, as in German and Italian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in English. The stricter form of this method of pronouncing Latin approaches the Roman, the modified form the English, pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation is often called Erasmian.
CONTINENTAL SYSTEMContinental system. (Hist.)
Defn: The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the Berlin decree, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory measures of England were followed by the Milan decree, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be lawful prize.
CONTINENTLYCon"ti*nent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.
CONTINGENCECon*tin"gence, n.
Defn: See Contingency.
CONTINGENCYCon*tin"gen*cy, n,; pl. Contingencies. Etym: [Cf. F. contingence.]
1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency." J. Gregory.
2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. South.
3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. Hallam.
4. An adjunct or accessory. Wordsworth.
5. (Law)
Defn: A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.
Syn.— Casualty; accident; chance.
CONTINGENT Con*tin"gent, a. Etym: [L. contingens, -entis, p.pr. of contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact.]
1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental;casual.Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage.Burke.
2. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control. "Uncertain and contingent causes." Tillotson.
3. (Law)
Defn: Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur;as, a contingent estate.If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if heattains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone.
CONTINGENTCon*tin"gent, n.
1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. His understanding could almost pierce into future contingets. South.
2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops. From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms. Milman.
CONTINGENTLYCon*tin"gent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
CONTINGENTNESSCon*tin"gent*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.
CONTINUABLECon*tin"u*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being continued [R.]
CONTINUALCon*tin"u*al, a. Etym: [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.]
1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15.
2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; oftenrepeated.The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. W.Irwing.Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued proportion.Brande & C.
Syn. — Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.
CONTINUALLYCon*tin"u*al*ly, adv.
1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness Bentley.
2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 2 Sam. ix. 7.
CONTINUANCECon*tin"u*ance, n. Etym: [OF. continuance.]
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. [Obs.] Bacon.
4. (Law) (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. (b) The entry of such adjuornment and the grounds thereof on the record.
CONTINUANTCon*tin"u*ant, a.
Defn: Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound.— n.
Defn: A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
CONTINUATECon*tin"u*ate, a. Etym: [L. continuatus, p.p. See Continue.]
1. Immediately united together; intimately connocted. [R.] 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; continual; continued. An untirable and continuate goodness. Shak.
CONTINUATIONCon*tin`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.]
1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay.
2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope.
CONTINUATIVECon*tin"u*a*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. continuatif.]
1. (Logic)
Defn: A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.] To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. I. Watts.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects;a connective; a conjunction.Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole.Harris.
CONTINUATORCon*tin"u*a`tor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. continuateur.]
Defn: One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne.
CONTINUECon*tin"ue, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Continued; p.pr. & vb.n. Continuing.]Etym: [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue,fr. continuus. See Continuous, and cf. Continuate.]
1. To remain ina 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.
CONTINUECon*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 frall 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.
CONTINUEDCon*tin"ued, p.p. & a.