DISUSE (2)

disuse (2). Disuse, [disyuze] v.t. to drop a custom, leave off

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Dis‐use″ (?), 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.