An old, decayed tree. [R.] Bacon.
To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
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.