'Discontinue' definitions:

Definition of 'discontinue'

(from WordNet)
verb
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold]
verb
Come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" [ant: continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed]
verb
Prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" [syn: break, break off, discontinue, stop]

Definition of 'Discontinue'

From: GCIDE
  • Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. i.
  • 1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be separated or severed; to part. [1913 Webster]
  • Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. --Jer. xvii. 4. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Discontinue'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
  • They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. --Holder. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'discontinue'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Discontinue'