Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Discontinue \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.

Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. i.
   1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted
      or broken off. --Bacon.

   2. To be separated or severed; to part.

            Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.
                                                  --Jer. xvii.
                                                  4.

Source : WordNet®

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}]