Con*tin`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.]
1.
That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
Preventing the continuation of the royal line.
Macaulay.
2.
That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.
My continuation of the version of Statius.
Pope.
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