Definition of disuse

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Disuse (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil..

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Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect..
Baritone :: Baritone (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused..
Disused :: Disused (imp. & p. p.) of Disus.
Imprescriptible :: Imprescriptible (a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription..
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning..
Angelot :: Angelot (n.) An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused..
Disusage :: Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
Digamma :: Digamma (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse..
Flat-cap :: Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London..
Desuetude :: Desuetude (n.) The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion..
Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..
Obsoletism :: Obsoletism (n.) A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
Lamarckism :: Lamarckism (n.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs..
Sinapis :: Sinapis (n.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.
Disacquaintance :: Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance..
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil..
Disuse :: Disuse (n.) Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse..
Astrolabe :: Astrolabe (n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
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