Discontinue
King James Dictionary [1]
Discontinue, 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.
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.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(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.
(2): ( v. i.) To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.
(3): ( v. i.) To be separated or severed; to part.
