continuate
continuate verb: to make continuous, to give continuity to.
Verb
continuate (third-person singular simple present continuates, present participle continuating, simple past and past participle continuated)
- To make continuous, to give continuity to.
- To continue, perpetuate.
Adjective
continuate (comparative more continuate, superlative most continuate)
- Continuous; uninterrupted; continued without break or interruption.
- Childish in some, terrible in others; to be derided in one, pitied or admired in another; to him by fits, to a second continuate: and howsoever these symptoms be common and incident to all persons, yet they are the most remarkable, frequent, furious, and violent in melancholy men., I.iii.1.2
- An untirable and continuate goodness.c. 1605-08, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act 1, scene 1
- Synonyms:
- incessant, unbroken, amaranthine, solid, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, dreich, endless
- Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued.
Synonyms of continuate
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Forms of continuate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | continuates |
| present participle | continuating |
| past participle | continuated |
| past | continuated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more continuate |
| superlative | most continuate |
Origin of continuate
Inherited from Middle English continuaten, from continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin continuātus, perfect passive participle of continuō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of continue.
First attested in 1471; inherited from Middle English continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1.
Words formed from continuate
- continuated
- continuating
- continuately
- continuateness
Questions about continuate
- What does continuate mean?
- Continuate means to make continuous, to give continuity to.
- What part of speech is continuate?
- Continuate can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of continuate?
- The past tense of continuate is continuated.
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