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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Abuse.

[Obs.]

Whately (1634).

Noun.

Abuse. [Not used.]

abusage ‎(plural abusages)

(obsolete) Abuse. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.]^[1]
Improper or incorrect use of language. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]
A stickler for the rules of grammar, Mrs. Walker cringes when she encounters any abusage by the students in her freshman English class.

1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10