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disaccustom, v.|dɪsəˈkʌstəm|
In 5 dysac-.
[a. OF. desacoustumer, desacostumer (12–13th c.), mod.F. désaccoutumer, f. des-, dis- 4 + acostumer, accoutumer to accustom.]
1. trans. To render (a thing) no longer customary; to disuse, break off (a habit or practice). arch.
1484Caxton Curiall 3 He shal dine..and..soupe in suche facon that he shal dysacustome hys time and hys maner of lyuyng. 1594Constable Diana viii. iv, And I though disaccustoming my Muse..May one day raise my stile as others use. 1610Donne Pseudo-Martyr 45 Those stiles, which Christian humilitie hath made them dis-accustome and leave off. 1814Cary Dante, Paradise xvi. 11 With greeting such as Rome was first to bear, But since hath disaccustom'd.
2. To render (a person) unaccustomed or unused to something (to which he was previously accustomed); to cause to lose a habit. Const. to, † from.
1530Palsgr. 517/1 For one that is disacustumed, it is a great payne to be brought in good order. 1636E. Dacres tr. Machiavel's Disc. Livy I. xvii. 90 Sufficient, to disȧccustome them to the ill, and accustome them throughly to the good. 1686F. Spence tr. Varillas' Ho. Medicis 306 The people might be disaccustom'd from exercising them. 1836Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 271 Such application insensibly disaccustomed us to the use of our reason. 1881H. James Portr. Lady xxxii, Disaccustomed to living with an invalid.
Hence disaˈccustomed ppl. a.; disaˈccustomedness; also † disaˈccustomance (obs.), disuse.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxii. 299 Moeuynge the helpe of god hym to dyscustome, unto the whiche dysacustomaunce be not many comyn in the espace of .xx. or .xxx. yeres. 1580Sidney Arcadia iv. (1622) 412 Some long disaccustomed paines. 1632Sherwood, Disaccustomednesse, desaccoustumance. 1825Southey Tale Paraguay iii. 46 How strangely to her disaccustom'd ear Came even the accents of her native tongue! |