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Definitions for: Continent
[n] the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
[n] one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
[adj] abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
[adj] having control over urination and defecation
Webster (1913) Definition: Con"ti*nent, a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr.
of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent.
See Contain.]
1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
[Obs.] --Shak.
2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or
passions; temperate; moderate.
Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his
rage goes slower. --Shak.
3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint
upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit
sexual intercourse; chaste.
My past life
Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
As I am now unhappy. --Shak.
4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent
fever. [Obs.]
The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with
the west side of America, yet certainly it is the
least disoined by sea of all that coast.
--Berrewood.
Con"ti*nent, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding
together: cf. F. continent. See Continent, a.]
1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. --Bp.
Kennet.
2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main
land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land
differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in
its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by
mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in
number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land
are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic
continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia,
and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern
Continent, and North and South America as the Western
Continent.
The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished
from the islands, especially from England.
Synonyms: celibate, chaste
Antonyms: incontinent
See Also: Africa, Antarctic continent, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, craton, Eurasia, Europe, Europe, Gondwanaland, landmass, Laurasia, North America, Pangaea, Pangea, South America, subcontinent
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