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Definition of Discontinued
1. Adjective. Stopped permanently or temporarily. "A discontinued conversation"
Definition of Discontinued
1. Adjective. Permanently no longer available or in production. ¹
2. Verb. (past of discontinue) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Discontinued
1. discontinue [v] - See also: discontinue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discontinued
Literary usage of Discontinued
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... absence to go to Italy, and a promise that the pension or salary of two hundred
pounds a year, which Government allowed him, should not be discontinued. ..."
2. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Their session discontinued by repeated prorogations—§ XII. Proceedings in
parliament—§ XIII. The whigs obstruct the bill of indemnity— § XIV. ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1856)
"... Agencies for the woik have gene»ally been discontinued. Il is Ihe wish of the
Editor lo Register Ihe n une of every Subscriber lo ihe work, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"Large Fibroid Tumour of the Uterus; Operation for Extirpation; discontinued in
consequence of Excessive Hemorrhage; Death from Exhaustion five days after. ..."
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