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Webster 1913 Edition
Discontinue
Disˊcon-tin′ue
,Verb.
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
Above a twelvemonth.
discontinued
schoolAbove a twelvemonth.
Shakespeare
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.
Disˊcon-tin′ue
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discontinue
DISCONTINUE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To leave off; to cause to cease, as a practice or habit; to stop; to put an end to; as, to discontinue the intemperate use of spirits. Inveterate customs are not discontinued without inconvenience.The depredations on our commerce were not to be discontinued.
2.
To break off; to interrupt.3.
To cease to take or receive; as, to discontinue a daily prayer.DISCONTINUE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To cease; to leave the possession, or lose an established or long enjoyed right.Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jeremiah 17.
2.
To lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance. [Little used.]