continuate
adjEtymology 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.
1
Obsolete 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:
1 more example
- We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
2
Obsolete Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued.
- Derived terms
- continuately, continuateness