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† disconˈtinuate, ppl. a. Obs. [ad. med.L. discontinuāt-us, pa. pple. of discontinuāre to discontinue: see -ate.] Discontinued, discontinuous. So disconˈtinuated ppl. a.
1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. ii. (1635) 24 Continuate and diuisible things cannot bee made out of such things as are meerely discontinuate and indiuisible. 1641Wilkins Mercury vi. (1707) 26 Placing [the words]..in four Lines, and after any discontinuate Order. 1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. viii. 70 A Disease of discontinuated Unity. |