disuse
/dɪsˈjuːs/ verb C2- To cease the use of.
He/she/it disuses · Past disused · Past participle disused · -ing form disusing
Verb forms
- Base form
- disuse
- He/she/it
- disuses
- Past
- disused
- Past participle
- disused
- -ing form
- disusing
From the library
Something like a reluctant smile, rather rusty from long disuse, mellowed Marilla’s grim expression.
The abbé smiled, and, proceeding to the disused fireplace, raised, by the help of his chisel, a long stone, which had doubtless been the hearth, beneath which was a cavity of considerable depth, serving as a safe depository of the articles mentioned to Dantès.
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