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Webster 1913 Edition
Continual
1.
Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a
continual
feast. Prov. xv. 15.
2.
Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a
continental
succession of small landscapes. W. Irwing.
Syn. – Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See
Constant
, and Continuous
. Webster 1828 Edition
Continual
CONTINUAL
,Adj.
1.
Proceeding without interruption or cessation; unceasing; not intermitting; used in reference to time.He that hath a merry heart hath a continual feast. Proverbs 15.
I have great heaviness and continual sorrow of heart. Romans 9.
2.
Very frequent; often repeated; as, the charitable man has continual application for alms.3.
Continual fever, or continued fever, a fever that abates, but never entirely intermits, till it comes to a crisis; thus distinguished from remitting and intermitting fever.4.
Continual claim, in law, a claim that is made from time to time within every year or day, to land or other estate, the possession of which cannot be obtained without hazard.5.
Perpetual.Definition 2024
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See also: continuous#Usage notes
English
Alternative forms
- continuall (obsolete)
Adjective
continual (not comparable)
- Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
- (proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
- (proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
Usage notes
In careful usage, continual refers to repeated actions “continual objections”, while continuous refers to uninterrupted actions or objects “continuous flow”, “played music continuously from dusk to dawn”.[1] However, this distinction is not observed in informal usage, a noted example being the magic spell name “continual light” (unbroken light), in the game Dungeons & Dragons.
Related terms
Translations
appearing to have no end or interruption
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recurring in steady, rapid succession
forming a continuous series
References
- ↑ “continual/continuous”, Brians, Paul Common Errors in English Usage, (2nd Edition, November 17, 2008), William, James & Company, 304 pp., ISBN 978-1-59028207-6
External links
- continual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- continual in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911