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.