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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Continued}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Continuing}.] [F. continuer, L. continuare,
     -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See
     {Continuous}, and cf. {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.
  
     Syn: To persevere; persist. See {Persevere}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  continuing
       adj : remaining in force or being carried on without letup; "the
             act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the
             continuing struggle to put food on the table"

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