Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Continue

Continue , intransitive verb

[French continuer, Latin continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, from continuus. See Continuous, and compare 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

Continue , transitive verb

1.
To unite; to connect. [Obsolete]
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. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm xxxvi. 10
You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long accustomed 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. — Shakespeare