Discontinue

01 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.

imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing

1.
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.

02 v. i. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.

1.
To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.
2.
To be separated or severed; to part.
“Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.” — Jer. xvii. 4.