Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discontinue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Discontinued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontinuing}.] [Cf. F.
discontinuer.]
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice
or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease
using, to stop; to leave off.
Set up their conventicles again, which had been
discontinued. --Bp. Burnet.
I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. --Shak.
Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these
parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel.
They modify and discriminate the voice, without
appearing to discontinue it. --Holder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. i.
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted
or broken off. --Bacon.
2. To be separated or severed; to part.
Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.
--Jer. xvii.
4.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discontinue
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: {stop}, {cease}, {give up}, {quit},
{lay off}] [ant: {continue}]
2: come or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring
agency will discontinue after March 31" [ant: {continue}]
3: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"
[syn: {break}, {break off}, {stop}]
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