
Noah Webster
Disuse
DISUSE, noun Disyuse. [dis and use.]
1. Cessation of use, practice or exercise; as, the limbs lose their strength and pliability by disuse; language is altered by the disuse of words.
2. Cessation of custom; desuetude.
DISUSE, verb transitive disyuze. [dis and use.]
1. To cease to use; to neglect or omit to practice.
2. To disaccustom; with from, in or to; as disused to toils; disused from pain.