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disused, ppl. a.|dɪsˈjuːzd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
†1. Of persons: Not used or accustomed; out of the habit. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 523/1, I can nat shote nowe but with great payne, I am so disused. 1656Baxter Reformed Pastor v. 85 Many disused persons can mutter out some honest requests in secret. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. vii. 214 Being now in a rainy climate, which we had been long disused to. a1763Shenstone Progress Taste i. 59 Disus'd to speak, he tries his skill, Speaks coldly, and succeeds but ill.
2. No longer used; fallen out of use; obsolete.
1611Cotgr., Disusité, disused, grown out of vse. 1630Sanderson Serm. II. 261 Some dis-used statute. 1674Boyle Excell. Theol. ii. v. 222 Our ignorance..of the dis⁓used languages wherein they are delivered. 1864Bowen Logic vii. 220 A different and now disused meaning. |