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disused

/ˌdɪsˈjuːzd/

disused is the simple past and past participle of disuse.

Meaning of disuse

Verb

disuse (third-person singular simple present disuses, present participle disusing, simple past and past participle disused)

  1. (transitive) 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.1790, Edmond Malone, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, London: H. Baldwin, Volume I, p. 194, footnote
  2. (archaic, transitive) To disaccustom.
    • He was disused to hard work.

See all 3 meanings of disuse

Adjective

disused (not comparable)

  1. No longer in use.
    • But as time & experience do reforme euery thing that is amisse, so this bitter poeme called the old Comedy, being disused and taken away, the new Comedy came in place, more ciuill and pleasant a great deale and not touching any man by name, but in a certain generalitie glancing at euery abuse,1589, George Puttenham, chapter 14, in The Arte of English Poesie
    • In Scotland the custom, now disused in England, of inviting the relations of the deceased to the interment is universally retained.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], “Chapter 37”, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees...

Synonyms of disused

Words that rhyme with disused

Questions about disused

What does disused mean?
Disused means no longer in use.
What is disused the simple past and past participle of?
Disused is the simple past and past participle of disuse.
What part of speech is disused?
Disused is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disused?
Disused is pronounced /ˌdɪsˈjuːzd/.

Words near disused in the dictionary

  1. disuniting
  2. disunity
  3. disuprazole
  4. disusage
  5. disuse
  6. disused
  7. disuses
  8. disusing
  9. disutilities
  10. disutility
  11. disutilize

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