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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
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