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Continuate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Continuous; uninterrupted; continued without break or interruption. obsolete

    "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."

  2. 2
    Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To make continuous, to give continuity to. obsolete
  2. 2
    To continue, perpetuate. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English continuaten, from continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin continuātus, perfect passive participle of continuō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of continue.

Etymology 2

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.

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