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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Continent \Con"ti*nent\, noun [L. continens, prop., a holding together: cf. F. continent. See {Continent}, adjective]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Continent \Con"ti*nent\, adjective [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.
Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Encratite \En"cra*tite\, noun [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. ? self-disciplined; ? in + ? strength.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also {Continent}.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: having control over urination and defecation [ant: {incontinent}]
2: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn: {celibate}, {continent}]
noun
1: one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
2: the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
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