Defn: Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton.
DISCONTINUE
Dis`con*tin"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discontinuing.] Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuer.]
Defn: 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.
DISCONTINUEE
Dis`con*tin`u*ee", n. (Law)
Defn: One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
DISCONTINUER
Dis`con*tin"u*er, n.
Defn: One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee. He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time. Fuller.