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Webster 1913 Edition
Continuation
Con-tinˊu-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
continuatio
: cf. F. connuation
.] 1.
That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
Preventing the
continuation
of the royal line. Macaulay.
2.
That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on;
as, the
. continuation
of a storyMy
continuation
of the version of Statius. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Continuation
CONTINUATION
,Noun.
1.
Extension of existence in a series or line; succession uninterrupted.These things must be the works of providence, for the continuation of the species.
2.
Extension or carrying on to a further point; as the continuation of a story.3.
Extension in space; production; a carrying on in length; as the continuation of a line in surveying.