obsolesce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

/ɒbsəˈlɛs/ /ɑbsəˈlɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-obsolesce.wav

obsolesce obsolesces obsolescing obsolesced

From Latin obsolescere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”), from obs- + olesco (“to grow”). Compare adolescent.

elden go by the wayside superannuate

obsolescence obsolescent obsolete

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