discontinue

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Source: opted

3. v. i. To be separated or severed; to part. Source: opted

4. v. put an end to a state or an activity Source: wordnet

5. v. come to or be at an end Source: wordnet

6. 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. 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. Source: webster

7. To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice orhabit; 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 spaceof seven hundred years. Daniel.They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing todiscontinue it. Holder. Source: adambom

8. v:100 v. put an end to a state or an activity v. come to or be at an end Source: ecdict

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