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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Discontinue

The Bible

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Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Discontinue

DISCONTINUE, verb transitive [dis and continue.]

1. To leave off; to cause to cease, as a practice or habit; to stop; to put an end to; as, to discontinue the intemperate use of spirits. Inveterate customs are not discontinued without inconvenience.

The depredations on our commerce were not to be discontinued.

2. To break off; to interrupt.

3. To cease to take or receive; as, to discontinue a daily prayer.

DISCONTINUE, verb intransitive

1. To cease; to leave the possession, or lose an established or long enjoyed right.

Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jeremiah 17:4.

2. To lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance. [Little used.]


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Discontinued

DISCONTINUED, participle passive Left off; interrupted; broken off.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Discontinuer

DISCONTINUER, noun One who discontinues a rule or practice.


The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance: