Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-CON-TIN'UE
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DIS-CON-TIN'UE, v.i.
- To cease; to leave the possession, or lose an established or long enjoyed right. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. – Jer. xvii.
- To lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance. [Little used.] – Bacon.
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