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Pronunciation : Dis`con*tin"ue
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. discontinuer.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dis`con*tin"ue
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.

2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913