v. t.
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 ]
v. i.
Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]