Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect or relinquishment of use or practice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
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- noun Gradual
cessation ofuse orcustom ;disuse .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the solemn silence that ensued, St. Anthot declared the law null and void from disusage, restored the children to the inheritance of Guillaume Laurent, and reinstated them in the house from which their aunt had driven them.
The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897
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Lastly, over and above all, might they not plead themselves extremely scandalized, grieved, and offended at the disusage of circumcision, which they were sure was at first instituted by God, and never since
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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Our science is almost entirely lost, and without honour or renown in those kingdoms, and not through the fault of others, but through the fault of the place and disusage, to such extent that very few esteem it or understand it unless it be our most serene king, by supporting all virtue and patronising it; and likewise the most serene infante D. Luiz, his brother, a very valorous and wise prince, who has a very nice knowledge and discretion in every liberal art.
Michael Angelo Buonarroti Charles Holroyd 1889
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