dis·con·tin·ue (dĭs'kən-tĭn'yū)

v., -ued, -u·ing, -ues.

v.tr.

1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: discontinued her visits to the museum; discontinued ferry service to the island.
2. To cease making or manufacturing: discontinued the sportscar in the 1960s.
3. To cease subscribing to (a publication).
4. Law. To terminate (an action) by discontinuance.

v.intr.
To come to an end. See synonyms at stop.

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

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