discontinue

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  1. transitive verb To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: discontinued her visits to the museum; discontinued ferry service to the island.
  2. transitive verb To cease making or manufacturing: discontinued the sportscar in the 1960s.
  3. transitive verb To cease subscribing to (a publication).

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discontinue:   discontinuing ·  discontinued
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English discontinuen, from Old French descontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin continuāre, to continue; see continue.

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  1. from Old French discontinuer, French discontinuer = Spanish Portuguese descontinuar = Italian discontinuare, scontinuare, from Middle Latin discontinuare, discontinue, from Latin dis- privative + continuare, continue: see dis- and continue.
 

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/dɪskənˈtɪnju/
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