Definitions
abstaining from sexual intercourse
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin continens, noun use of present participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Used in a sentence
“But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, The sound of streams that swift or slow Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]”
“No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]”
“The carkas with the streame was carried downe, / But th’head fell backeward on the continent.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Large landmass”9 letters
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