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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Set up their conventicles again, which had been
discontinued. --Bp. Burnet.
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I have discontinued school
Above a twelvemonth. --Shak.
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Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these
parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel.
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They modify and discriminate the voice, without
appearing to discontinue it. --Holder.
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