DISCONTINUED

discontinued

(adjective) stopped permanently or temporarily; “discontinued models”; “a discontinued magazine”; “a discontinued conversation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

discontinued (not comparable)

Permanently no longer available or in production.

Synonyms

• defunct, disused, outdated; see also obsolete

Verb

discontinued

simple past tense and past participle of discontinue

This software line has been discontinued.

Source: Wiktionary


DISCONTINUE

Dis`con*tin"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuer.]

Definition: To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.

Dis`con*tin"ue, v. i.

1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.

2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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