DISCONTINUE, verb transitive [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, verb intransitive 1. To cease; to leave the possession, or lose an established or long enjoyed right. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jeremiah 17:4. 2. To lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance. [Little used.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI