·adj That which contains anything; a receptacle.
II. Continent ·adj Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
III. Continent ·adj Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
IV. Continent ·adj Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
V. Continent ·adj Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; ·esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
VI. Continent ·adj One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.