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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.]