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verb continue a certain state, condition, or activity
verb continue talking; he continued,
verb keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
originFrom Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre. Displaced native Middle English thurghwonen, from Old English þurhwunian.
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