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Definition of Disusage
1. n. Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
Definition of Disusage
1. Noun. Gradual cessation of use or custom; disuse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disusage
1. gradual cessation of use [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disusage
Literary usage of Disusage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"DISUSE, to give up the use of. (L. and F.) ' Disuse, to forbear the use of;'
Kersey's Diet. ed. 1715; 'disusage or Disuse, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"In cases of sthenic puerperal convulsions, venesection is, notwithstanding the
disusage into which blood-letting has fallen in all other diseases, ..."
3. The Elements of Jurisprudence by Thomas Erskine Holland (1917)
"Parliaments have taken off and abridged many of the titles about which the law
was concerned: usage and disusage have antiquated others, . . . and it shall ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Philip Yorke Hardwicke (1831)
"As this direction was for the benefit of the parish, and arose by consent, it
may be laid aside by common consent: and the general disusage is an evidence ..."
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