Definition of terminate

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Terminate (v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy..

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Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy..
Poppyhead :: Poppyhead (n.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches..
Expire :: Expire (v. t.) To bring to a close; to terminate.
Exterminator :: Exterminator (n.) One who, or that which, exterminates..
Apiculated :: Apiculated (a.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent..
Hurons :: Hurons (n. pl.) ; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word..
Pseudoscorpiones :: Pseudoscorpiones (n. pl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book..
Skate :: Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent..
Anserated :: Anserated (a.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross..
Function :: Function (n.) The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind..
Result :: Result (v. i.) To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil..
Monotremata :: Monotremata (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna..
Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report..
Finish :: Finish (v. i.) To come to an end; to terminate.
Certain :: Certain (a.) Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
Sentient :: Sentient (a.) Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues..
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