Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That may be continued.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Capable of being continued.
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- adjective
Able to becontinued .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They've said it before, but the producer's reiterated again that this Friday the 13th is a stand alone film, not designed to setup sequels in any fashion, but of course continuable if its successful next February.
Comic-Con 08: Friday the 13th Poster and Trailer Debut « FirstShowing.net 2008
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My fears of that feature were founded on the importance of the office, on the fierce contentions it might excite among ourselves, if continuable for life, and the dangers of interference, either with money or arms, by foreign nations, to whom the choice of an American President might become interesting.
Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829
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My fears of that feature were founded on the importance of the office, on the fierce contentions it might excite among ourselves, if continuable for life and the dangers of interference, either with money or arms, by foreign nations, to whom the choice of an American President might become interesting.
Autobiography 1821
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Reason and experience prove to us, that a chief magistrate, so continuable, is an office for life.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Polish Kings, should have for ever excluded the idea of one continuable for life.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Reason and experience prove to us, that a chief magistrate, so continuable, is an office for life.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Thomas Jefferson 1784
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My fears of that feature were founded on the importance of the office, on the fierce contentions it might excite among ourselves, if continuable for life, and the dangers of interference, either with money or arms, by foreign nations, to whom the choice of an American President might become interesting.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Polish Kings should have forever excluded the idea of one continuable for life.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Reason and experience prove to us that a chief magistrate, so continuable, is an officer for life.
Letters 1760
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What we have lately read in the history of Holland, in the chapter on the Stadtholder, would have sufficed to set me against a chief magistrate eligible for a long duration, if I had ever been disposed towards one: & what we have always read of the elections of Polish kings should have forever excluded the idea of one continuable for life.
Letters 1760
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