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dēsŭē-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [desueo], to disuse, disaccustom, bring out of use (very rare): catuli (a matre) minutatim desuefiunt, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 12: multitudo desuefacta a contionibus, *Cic. Clu. 40, 110; cf. Tert. Pall. 4.

dē-sŭēfīo, v. desuefacio.

dē-sŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum, 3, v. a. and n. (mostly poet., or in post-Aug. prose; in Cic. and Caes. not at all; cf., however, desuefacio).

  1. I. Act., to disuse, to lay aside a custom or habit, to disaccustom, to put out of use: desuevi, ne quo ad cenam iret, Titin. ap. Non. 95, 1: arma diu desueta, Verg. A. 2, 509; cf.: rem desuetam usurpare, Liv. 3, 38: desueta sidera cerno (i. e. quae cernere desuevi), Ov. M. 5, 503; cf.: voces jam mihi desuetae, id. ib. 7, 646: desueta verba, id. Tr. 5, 7, 63: in desuescendis morari, Quint. 3, 8, 70.
    With inf.: desueto Samnite clamorem Romani exercitus pati, Liv. 8, 38, 10.
  2. II. Neutr., to become unaccustomed, to disaccustom one’s self; or in the perf., to be unaccustomed: paullatim antiquo patrum honori, Sil. 3, 576: jam desueta triumphis (i. e. bellis) agmina, Verg. A. 6, 815; cf. id. ib. 7, 693: fera rabiem desueta, Stat. Th. 5, 231: desueta corda, Verg. A. 1, 722.

dēsŭētūdo, ĭnis, f. [desuesco], discontinuance of a practice or habit, disuse, desuetude: armorum, Liv. 1, 19: bellandi, Fronto, princ. hist. p. 3, 7: desuetudine tardi, Ov. M. 14, 436; so absol., id. Tr. 5, 7, 57; Dig. 1, 3, 32 al.

dēsŭētus, a, um, Part., from desuesco.