transitive. To break the continuity of; to interrupt; to sever, divide. Obsolete.

To interrupt the continuance of (an action); to stop for the time, suspend.

transitive. To break in upon (an action, process, or condition, esp. speech or discourse); to break the continuity of (something) in time; to…

To interrupt, cause intermission to (a person or action, or the course of anything). Obsolete.

transitive (reflexive). To check or stop oneself in a course of action. Cf. to take up 11a at phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.

transitive. To interrupt (a person) in speaking; hence, to break in on or interrupt (a process or action). Obsolete.

transitive. To interrupt, break into.

transitive. figurative or in figurative context. Also spec. in sport, to break a tie or a pattern of performance (U.S.).

Geology and Mining. transitive. Chiefly passive. To cause a fault (see fault, n. 9) or break of continuity in; to dislocate; now also intransitive…