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.
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Set up their conventicles again, which had been
discontinued. --Bp. Burnet.
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I have discontinued school
Above a twelvemonth. --Shak.
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Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these
parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel.
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They modify and discriminate the voice, without
appearing to discontinue it. --Holder.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. i.
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted
or broken off. --Bacon.
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2. To be separated or severed; to part.
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Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.
--Jer. xvii.
4.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 off the
negociations" [syn: break, break off, stop]
WordNet (r) 2.0
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "discontinue":
abandon, abjure, abort, belay, break, break off, break the habit,
cancel, cease, come off, cut it out, cut out, desist, disarrange,
disjoin, disuse, drop, drop it, end, forswear, give, give over,
give up, halt, have done with, hold, interrupt, kick, knock it off,
lay off, leave off, let go, nol-pros, not pursue with,
put behind one, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, scrub,
shake, stay, stop, surcease, suspend, swear off, take the pledge,
terminate, throw off, waive
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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