Terminate

·vt To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.

II. Terminate ·vi To come to a limit in time; to End; to Close.

III. Terminate ·vt Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to Perfect.

IV. Terminate ·vt To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to Bound; to Limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

V. Terminate ·vi To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to End; to Cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.