Word Meanings - CONTINUO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Basso continuo, or continued bass.

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• CONTINUABLE
  Capable of being continued
• CONTINUANT
  Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n.
• CONTINUITY
  the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity
• CONTINUOUSLY
  In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
• CONTINUATION
  1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay. 2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries
• BASSOCK
  A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.
• BASSOON
  A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc. Note: Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience
• CONTINUEDLY
  Continuously.
• CONTINUALLY
  1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness Bentley. 2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
• CONTINUATE
  1. Immediately united together; intimately connocted. We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker. 2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. An untirable and continuate
• CONTINUATOR
  One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne.
• BASSO-RILIEVO; BASSO-RELIEVO
  See BAS-RELIEF
• CONTINUANCE
  1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. Great plagues, and of long continuence. Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii.
• CONTINUER
  One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence. "Indulgent continuers in sin." Hammond. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. Shak.
• CONTINUO
  Basso continuo, or continued bass.
• BASSOONIST
  A performer on the bassoon. Busby.
• CONTINUE
  1. To remain ina given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matt. xv. 32. 2.
• BASSORIN
  A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses. Ure.
• CONTINUATIVE
  A term or expression denoting continuance. To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. I. Watts.
• CONTINUAL
  1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15. 2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. The eye is deligh
• RECONTINUANCE
  The act or state of recontinuing.
• DISCONTINUITY
  Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• MISCONTINUANCE
  Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.
• DISCONTINUABLE
  Admitting of being discontinued.
• CONTRABASSO
  The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
• KABASSOU
  See CABASSOU