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.
Dis*use" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disused (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disusing.]
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.
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