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disusing

disusing is the present participle and gerund 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.

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Questions about disusing

What is disusing the present participle and gerund of?
Disusing is the present participle and gerund of disuse.

Words near disusing in the dictionary

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

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