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

An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.

pward to the sky. Dryden. Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open) audience, publicly. -- To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.…

The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.

formerly placed on the last page of a book. The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan. The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott.

iction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.

Disused; out of use. [R.]

The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.

Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] South.

Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [R.] Hooker.

To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse. (d) To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the faith, or from allegiance or duty. Those captive tribes . . . fell off From God to worship calves. Milton.

of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London. Marston.

One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. T. Chase.

Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription. The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are imprescriptible. Vattel (Trans. )

The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. B. Jonson.

Want of use; disuse. [R.] Paley.

To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused except locally or colloquially.] Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps. Shak.

A cover. [Disused except in illiterate speech.]

uence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.