† unusagen.
Obsolete. rare.
(un- prefix1 6.)
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unusagec1374
non-usinga1533
non-use1542
non-usage1552
miswonting1606
unuse1611
unexercise1640
non-usance1646
inusitation1802
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. vii. 57 What for difficulte of weyes and..what for defaute of vn~usage [and] entercomunynge of marchaundise [L. commercii insolentia].
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