disuse
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disuse
- /dɪsˈjuːs/
- /dɪsˈjuːz/
Rhymes with -uːs, -uːz
Where it comes from
From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.
noun
- The state of not being used; neglect. The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown.
verb disuses · disusing · disused
- To cease the use of. Whether in process of time Shakspeare grew weary of the bondage of rhyme, or whether he became convinced of its impropriety in a dramatick dialogue, his neglect of rhyming (for he never wholly disused it) seems to have been gradual.
- To disaccustom. He was disused to hard work.
