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Disuse
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.