Discontinue

Discontinue - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

DISCONTINUE, v.t. [dis and continue.]

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, v.i.

1. To cease; to leave the possession, or lose an established or long enjoyed right.

Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer 17.

2. To lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance. [Little used.]