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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disuse \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disuse \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disuse n : the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: {neglect}]
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