DISUSE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

2.
v.

To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.

3.
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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