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Obsolete   /ˈɑbsəlˌit/  /ˌɑbsəlˈit/   Listen
adjective
Obsolete  adj.  
1.
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.
2.
(Biol.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.
Synonyms: Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See Ancient.


verb
Obsolete  v. i.  To become obsolete; to go out of use. (R.)





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"Obsolete" Quotes from Famous Books



... old and obsolete, priests are aristocrats, wealthy oppressors of the People, the Church but ...
— The Elusive Pimpernel • Baroness Emmuska Orczy
... some justice in the affection the general reader entertains for the old-fashioned and now somewhat obsolete custom, of giving to him, at the close of a work, the latest news of those who sought his ...
— Night and Morning, Volume 5 • Edward Bulwer Lytton
... of the precious document. I soon flung it from me, thinking it worthy of the fate of many a better production in the olden times, that of being burned by the common hangman; but, happily, the office of hangman has become obsolete in Canada, and the editors of these refined journals may go on abusing their betters ...
— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie
... the associations of the early Heraldry of the best and most artistic eras, Iseek to derive a Heraldry which we may rightly consider to be our own, and which we may transmit with honour to our successors. Ido not suggest the adoption, for present use, of an obsolete system. But, while I earnestly repudiate the acceptance and the maintenance amongst ourselves of a most degenerate substitute for a noble Science, Ido aspire to aid in restoring HERALDRY to its becoming rank, ...
— The Handbook to English Heraldry • Charles Boutell
... Harrington's other notions:—"The way propounded [Milton's] is plain, easy, and open before us: without intricacies, without the introducement of new or obsolete forms or terms, or exotic models,—ideas that would effect nothing, but with a number of new injunctions to manacle the native liberty of mankind; turning all virtue into prescription, servitude, and necessity, to the great impairing and frustrating ...
— The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 • David Masson


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