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- Disuse - v. t. - To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
- Disuse - v. t. - To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
- Disuse - n. - Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
- Disused - imp. & p. p. - of Disuse
- Flat-cap - n. - A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London.
- Friend - n. - One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
- Lamarckism - n. - The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
- Disacquaintance - n. - Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.