单词 | disaccustom |
释义 | disaccustomv.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > give up a habit or practice [verb (transitive)] leaveeOE forsakec1175 waive1340 twinc1386 refuse1389 to set aside1426 relinquish1454 abuse1471 renouncec1480 disaccustom1483 to break from1530 to lay aside1530 disprofess1590 dropa1616 to set bya1674 decline1679 unpractise?1680 slough1845 shake1872 sluff1934 kick1936 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iij He shal dyne..and..soupe in suche facon that he shal dysacustome [Fr. desaccoustumera] hys tyme and hys maner of lyuyng. ?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) viii. iv. sig. F5v And I though disaccustoming my Muse..May one day raise my stile as others vse. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 45 Those stiles, which Christian humilitie hath made them dis-accustome, and leaue off. 1675 R. Gower tr. F. de Le Boë New Idea Pract. Physic vii. 34 Continual Spitting is to be disaccustom'd by degrees. 1789 World 17 Nov. The Cockade of the Tiers Etat, is beginning to be disaccustomed. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xvi. 11 With greeting such as Rome was first to bear, But since hath disaccustom'd. 2. transitive. To make (a person or thing) unused or unaccustomed to something previously familiar or habitual; to defamiliarize. Cf. accustom v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > give up a habit or practice [verb (transitive)] > cause one to or disaccustom unwone1340 disuse1489 discustom1502 wean1526 disaccustom1530 uncustom1530 unaccustom1580 unwont1580 to break (any one) of a practice or habit1612 disinure1613 unhitch1622 unhabit1650 dishabituate1869 wean1891 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 517/1 For one that is disacustumed, it is a great payne to be brought in good order. 1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. xvii. 90 Sufficient, to disaccustome them to the ill, and accustome them throughly to the good. 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 306 The people might be disaccustom'd from exercising them. 1761 J. Mills tr. J. B. L. Crevier Hist. Rom. Emperors X. i. 54 Constantine..disaccustomed his soldiers from an impious worship. 1796 Brief Acct. Associated Presbyteries v. 42 The want of this affection among professors, disaccustoms them to religious familiarity. 1836 W. Hamilton tr. R. Descartes in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 422 Such application insensibly disaccustomed us to the use of our reason. 1839 tr. A. Dumas Impressions Trav. in Egypt & Arabia Petraea x. 238 Our sojourn at the Monastery had disaccustomed us to the dromedary's back. 1910 E. D. Shields tr. R. Steiner Theosophy iv. 210 The seeker of the Path must therefore make his thinking strictly regulated in character. His thoughts must by degrees disaccustom themselves entirely from taking the ordinary daily course. 1948 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 8 194 Pericles' public-works program..disaccustomed other thousands to seeking their own living. 2013 B. Trocha et al. In Mirror of Past 94 Gods want to hide, to disaccustom people from their presence among them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1483 |
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