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Definition of Continent

Continent Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. That which contains anything; a receptacle. 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. Related Definitions: Abstaining, An, Anything, Appetite, As, Basin, Body, Bordered, But, By, Chaste, Connected, Continent, Continuous, Differing, Exercising, Fever, From, Globe, Grand, Illicit, In, Indulgence, Intercourse, Interrupted, Is, Island, Land, Large, Limit, Main, Merely, Moderate, Mountain, North, Not, Of, On, One, Opposing, Or, Receptacle, Restrain, Restraining, Restraint, Serving, Sexual, Size, Specifically, Structure, Temperate, That, The, To, Upon, Which

Continent Quotations Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Abraham Lincoln No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. John Donne From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Winston Churchill I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. Nelson Mandela I still like being in North of England and I keep a place there. But there are a lot of things about the Continent that are to be preferred. The social institutions work better, women have a better position in society and the food is another thing. Andrew Eldritch

Continent Translations continent in Afrikaans is vasteland continent in Danish is verdensdel, fastland continent in Dutch is vasteland, werelddeel, continent continent in Finnish is maanosa continent in French is continent, partie du monde continent in German is Festland, Kontinent continent in Italian is continente, parte della terra continent in Norwegian is verdensdel, kontinent continent in Spanish is continente

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