Latin

Verb

obsolēscō ‎(present infinitive obsolēscere, perfect active obsolēvī, supine obsolētum); third conjugation

1. I wear out.
2. I fall into disuse.
3. I grow old.
4. I decay.

Inflection

Derived terms

• obsolētus

References

• obsolesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obsolesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obsolesco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing is going out of use, becoming obsolete: res obsolescit
    
• obsolesce in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911