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Continent
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(1):
(a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
(2):
(a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
(3):
(a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
(4):
(a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
(5):
(a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle.
(6):
(a.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Continent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/continent.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Continent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/continent.html. 1828.