About The Word Disuse
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Disuse
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What's The Definition Of Disuse?
[n] the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Disuse: neglect Related Terms | Find terms related to Disuse: abandonment | abjure | absentation | antiquation | casting away | cessation | come off | cut out | desist | desuetude | discontinue | drop | evacuation | fogyishness | forsaking | give over | give up | have done with | jettison | jettisoning | leave off | leaving | let go | nol-pros | not pursue with | old-fashionedness | old-fogyishness | out-of-dateness | pulling out | put behind one | quit | relinquish | renounce | resign | staleness | stodginess | stop | stuffiness | superannuation | throwing overboard | unfashionableness | waive | withdrawal See Also | declination | decline | omission Disuse In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*use"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disusing}.]
1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
``Disuse me from . . . pain.'' --Donne.
\Dis*use"\, n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. --Addison. Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey. |
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