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† disˈusage Obs. [f. disuse v., after usage; cf. obs. F. desusage (Cotgr.).] Discontinuance of a usage or practice; = disuse n. 1.
1475Bk. Noblesse 26 That good courages of hertis be not mynissed..for disusage and levying armes for a litille season. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. xiv. §3 To be abolished by disusage through tract of time. 1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. ii. viii. 102 Nor [can] an angrie Iudge condemne vs for any thing else, then for disvsage of a trifle. 1712Prideaux Direct. Ch.-wardens (ed. 4) 104 After so long a disusage it would be in vain to attempt it. |