[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         set up their conventicles again, which had been
         discontinued.                            --bp. burnet.
   1913 webster

         i have discontinued school
         above a twelvemonth.                     --shak.
   1913 webster

         taught the greek tongue, discontinued before in these
         parts the space of seven hundred years.  --daniel.
   1913 webster

         they modify and discriminate the voice, without
         appearing to discontinue it.             --holder.
   1913 webster
see also:
discontinued discontinuing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discontinue \dis`contin"ue\, v. i.
   1. to lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted
      or broken off. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. to be separated or severed; to part.
      1913 webster

            thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.
                                                  --jer. xvii.
                                                  4.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

discontinue
     v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "quit teasing your
          little brother" syn: stop, cease, give up, quit,
           lay off ant: continue
     2: come or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring
        agency will discontinue after march 31" ant: continue
     3: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the
        negociations" syn: break, break off, stop
see also:
stop cease give up quit lay off continue 
break break off 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 moby thesaurus words for "discontinue":
   abandon, abjure, abort, belay, break, break off, break the habit,
   cancel, cease, come off, cut it out, cut out, desist, disarrange,
   disjoin, disuse, drop, drop it, end, forswear, give, give over,
   give up, halt, have done with, hold, interrupt, kick, knock it off,
   lay off, leave off, let go, nol-pros, not pursue with,
   put behind one, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, scrub,
   shake, stay, stop, surcease, suspend, swear off, take the pledge,
   terminate, throw off, waive

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