discontinue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: discontinue	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for discontinue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discontinue v put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" Synonym(s): discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off Antonym(s): bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" Antonym(s): continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" Synonym(s): break, break off, discontinue, stop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discontinue \Dis`contin"ue\, v. i. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discontinue \Dis`contin"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.