Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terminated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Terminating}.] [L. terminatus, p. p. of
   terminare. See {Term}.]
   1. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or
      side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by
      a line.

   2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an
      effort, or a controversy.

   3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to
      completion; to perfect.

            During this interval of calm and prosperity, he
            [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves,
            destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of
            art.                                  --J. S.
                                                  Harford.