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Webster 1913 Edition

Disuse

Dis-use′

(?; see Dis-)
,
Verb.
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′

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disuse

DISUSE

,
Noun.
Disyuse. [dis and use.]
1.
Cessation of use, practice or exercise; as, the limbs lose their strength and pliability by disuse; language is altered by the disuse of words.
2.
Cessation of custom; desuetude.

DISUSE

,
Verb.
T.
disyuze. [dis and use.]
1.
To cease to use; to neglect or omit to practice.
2.
To disaccustom; with from, in or to; as disused to toils; disused from pain.

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