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English
Etymology
From dis- + usage.
Noun
disusage (uncountable)
- Gradual cessation of custom or use; disuse.
1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, , London: Will Stansby , published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):leaving the rest to be abolished by disusage through tract of time
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