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Latin
Etymology
From obs- + olēscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
obsolēscō (present infinitive obsolēscere, perfect active obsolēvī, supine obsolētum); third conjugation, no passive
- to wear out
- to fall into disuse
- to grow old
- to decay
Conjugation
- The form obsolētus exists in active meaning (as with other intransitive verbs).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “obsolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsolesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing is going out of use, becoming obsolete: res obsolescit
- “obsolesce”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.