Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition
3. Precursory Measures

678. Disuse.

   NOUN:DISUSE; forbearance, abstinence; relinquishment [See Relinquishment]; desuetude (want of habit) [See Desuetude]; disusage.
   VERB:NOT USE; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve.
  DISUSE; lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, lay up in a napkin; shelve; set -, put -, lay- aside; leave off, have done with; supersede; discard (eject) [See Ejection]; dismiss, give warning.
  THROW ASIDE (relinquish) [See Relinquishment]; make away with (destroy) [See Destruction]; cast -, heave -, throw- overboard; cast to the -dogs, – winds; dismantle (render usless) [See Inutility].
  lie -, remain- unemployed &c. adj.
   ADJECTIVE:NOT USED &c. v.; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled; uncalled for, not required.
  DISUSED &c. v.; done with, run down, worn out, not worth saving.
   INTERJECTION: no use!