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Hi,What's the verb opposite to 'issue'? Is 'unissue' OK?

Jenness · Accepted Answer

I would use take back, revoke or withdraw.
Unissue isn't a word.

Mister Micawber · Answer

No.

In what sense do you mean the word?

ISSUE–verb (used with object)
20.
to put out; deliver for use, sale, etc.; put into circulation.

21.
to mint, print, or publish for sale or distribution: to issue a new coin; to issue a new book.

22.
to distribute (food, clothing, etc.) to one or more officers or enlisted soldiers or to a military unit.

23.
to send out; discharge; emit.

–verb (used without object)
24.
to go, pass, or flow out; come forth; emerge: to issue forth to battle.

25.
to be sent, put forth, or distributed authoritatively or publicly, as a legal writ or money.

26.
to be published, as a book.

27.
to originate or proceed from any source.

28.
to arise as a result or consequence; result: a reaction that issues from the stimulus.

29.
Chiefly Law. to proceed as offspring, or be born or descended.

30.
Chiefly Law. to come as a yield or profit, as from land.

31.
Archaic. to have the specified outcome, result, etc. (often fol. by in).

32.
Obsolete. to end; terminate.

HuaMin Chen · Answer

thanks all.

For the 23rd meaning above.

Mister Micawber · Answer

For issue (23.to send out; discharge; emit), I suggest these: hold, keep, repress, retain, suppress (from an on-line thesaurus)

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