Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-TIN'UE, v.t.

1. To protract; not to cease from or to terminate. O continue thy loving kindness to them that know thee. – Ps. xxxvi.
2. To extend from one thing to another; to produce or draw out in length. Continue the line from A to B. Let the line be continued to the boundary.
3. To persevere in; not to cease to do or use; as, to continue the same diet.
4. To hold or unite. [Not used.] The navel continues the infant to its mother. – Brown.