Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To cease the use of.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To disaccustom.

    He was disused to hard work.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. This costume has fallen into disuse.

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  2. The house stood empty and disused for a long time.

    deDas Haus blieb lange verlassen und ungenutzt. — al_ex_an_der

  3. The party took place in a disused warehouse out of town.

    deDie Party fand in einer stillgelegten Lagerhalle außerhalb der Stadt statt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Liberty is a possession that grows with use but wilts with disuse.

  5. The vocabulary presents several words which are common to the modern Iberian languages but have fallen into disuse in Italian.

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Origin

From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.

From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.

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Forms

disuses, disusing, disused, disused
Base formdisuse · to disuse
3rd person singulardisuses
Present participledisusing
Past simpledisused
Past participledisused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisuse
he, she, itdisuses

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disused
he, she, ithas disused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disuse

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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