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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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.
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