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contynue

contynue is the obsolete spelling of continue.

Meaning of continue

Verb

continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)

  1. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
    • Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
    Synonyms:
    extend, run
  2. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
    • Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?, New York, 2001, p.74
  3. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
    • […] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […]1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  4. (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) 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.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  5. (intransitive) To resume.
    • When will the concert continue?
  6. (transitive) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
    • This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.

See all 8 meanings of continue

Forms of contynue

third-person singular presentcontynues
present participlecontynuing
past participlecontynued
pastcontynued

Questions about contynue

What is contynue the obsolete spelling of?
Contynue is the obsolete spelling of continue.

Words near contynue in the dictionary

  1. contusion
  2. contusional
  3. contusioned
  4. contusions
  5. contusive
  6. contynue
  7. contynued
  8. contynues
  9. contynuing
  10. contypic
  11. conté

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contynue (page history and authors); continue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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