long-conˈtinued, a.
[long adv.]
Continued or that has continued for a long period or space.
| 1478 Will R. Verney in Verney Papers (1853) 28, I biqueth to Alice Wetherhede, my long-continued seruaunt, xls. 1570 T. Norton Nowels Catech. (1853) 131 Long-continued age in such a miserable and wicked life. 1596 Drayton Leg. Robt. Norm. cxxii, But now to end this long-continued Strife. 1725 Pope Odyss. vii. 127 Day following day, a long-continued feast. Ibid. xiii. 233 Long-continu'd ways, and winding floods. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (1878) 667 Worn out by..long-continued pain. |