What does "continue" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. John viii.
2. 3.See Persevere.
3. 4.To unite; to connect. [Obs.] the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. Sir T. browne.
4. 5.To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not. O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. Ps. xxxvi.
5. 6.You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.
6. 7.To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length. A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb of this frall world. Milton.
7. 8.To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live. And how shall we continue Claudio. Shak.