discontinue
Etymology

From .

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /dɪskənˈtɪnju/
Verb

discontinue (discontinues, present participle discontinuing; simple past and past participle discontinued)

  1. (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
    They plan to discontinue that design.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene iv]:
      I have discontinued school
      Above a twelvemonth.
    • 1603, Samuel Daniel, A Defence of Rime:
      Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.
    • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech:
      They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.
  2. (transitive) To consciously cease the ingestion or administration of (a pharmaceutical drug).
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