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continue — con·tin·ue vt tin·ued, tinu·ing: to postpone (a legal proceeding) to a future day Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. continue I … Law dictionary
exist — I verb be, be alive, be in effect, be in present force, breathe, come into existence, continue, continue to be, continue to live, endure, esse, exsistere, exstare, go on, have being, have existence, have life, inhere, last, live, live on, persist … Law dictionary
Exist — Ex*ist , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Existed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Existing}.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exist — [eg zist′, igzist′] vi. [Fr exister < L existere, exsistere, to come forth, stand forth < ex , out + sistere, to cause to stand, set, place, caus. of stare, STAND] 1. to have reality or actual being; be 2. to occur or be present [the… … English World dictionary
exist — [v1] be living abide, be, be extant, be latent, be present, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive; concept 407 Ant. die exist [v2] get along in life consist, dwell … New thesaurus
continue to be — index endure (last), exist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
continue to live — index exist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exist — verb ADVERB ▪ actually, really ▪ Do these creatures really exist? ▪ already, still ▪ Few of these monkeys still exist in the wild … Collocations dictionary
continue — verb ( tinued; tinuing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French continuer, from Latin continuare, from continuus Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to maintain without interruption a condition, course, o … New Collegiate Dictionary
exist — intransitive verb Etymology: Latin exsistere to come into being, exist, from ex + sistere to stand, stop; akin to Latin stare to stand more at stand Date: circa 1568 1. a. to have real being whether material or spiritual < did unicorns exist > … New Collegiate Dictionary
