Definition of Disuse. Meaning of Disuse. Synonyms of Disuse

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Definition of Disuse

Disuse
Disuse Dis*use" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disused; p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.] 1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of. 2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. ``Disuse me from . . . pain.' --Donne.
Disuse
Disuse Dis*use", n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. --Addison. Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey.

Meaning of Disuse from wikipedia

- physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime. It is also called the inheritance of acquired characteristics...
- called Lamarckism (inaccurately named after him), soft inheritance, or use/disuse theory, which he described in his 1809 Philosophie zoologique. However,...
- listed building. It was constructed in the 12th century, but fell into disuse after the Reformation. In the 19th century the chapel was restored and today...
- College/Columbia Univ. McGeoch JA (July 1932). "Forgetting and the law of disuse". Psychological Review. 39 (4): 352–370. doi:10.1037/h0069819. Brown J (February...
- Disuse su****nsitivity, also pharmacological disuse su****nsitivity or pharmacological denervation su****nsitivity, is the increased sensitivity by...
- King of the Franks in 987, the title merged into the crown and fell into disuse. However, it was later revived by the Orléanist pretenders to the French...
- and Caracalla. They were in operation until the 530s and then fell into disuse and ruin. Both during and since their operation as baths, they served as...
- earlier authors meant when using the name. Modern practice has seen the disuse of ovoviviparity in favour of the more specific definitions of lecithotrophic...
- enter the war. In the post-war period, the term Dominion has fallen into disuse. Sovereignty on external affairs was granted with the Statute of Westminster...
- rudimentary ability to deaden the effect of a blow. As armor fell into disuse at the widespread arrival of firearms to the battlefield in the 16th century...