Adjective

(-)

Without an end.

Without stop or pause, incessant.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

(dated) Prolonged; unstopped.

* 1797 , , J. S. Barr (editor and translator), Barr's Buffon: Buffon's Natural Hi?tory , page 20,

and for the pronunciation of F , a more continued ?ound is nece??ary than for that of any of the con?onants.

* 1819 [1736], (preface), The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature , page 93,

But when the exercise of the virtuous principle is more continued , oftener repeated, and more intense, as it must be in circumstances of danger, temptation, and difficulty of any kind and any degree, this tendency is increased proportionably, and a more confirmed habit is the consequence.

* 1820 , A. P. Wilson Philip, A Treatise on Fevers: Including the Various Species of Simple and Eruptive Fevers , page 57,

Instead of becoming more continued , intermittents sometimes become less so, which is always favourable.

Uninterrupted.