continuate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Childish in some, terrible in others; to be derided in one, pitied or admired in another; to him by fits, to a second continuate: and howsoever these symptoms be common and incident to all persons, yet they are the most remarkable, frequent, furious, and violent in melancholy men."
- "An untirable and continuate goodness."
- "We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English continuaten, from continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin continuātus, perfect passive participle of continuō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of continue.
Origin
- Source language: Middle English
- First known use: First attested in 1471
Word Breakdown
- Root: continuaten, continuātus, continuat
Usage
Inflected Forms
continuates (present, singular)
continuating (participle, present)
continuated (participle, past)
continuated (past)
more continuate (comparative)
most continuate (superlative)