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. Jeremiah 17.2. To lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance. [Little used.]
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