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OBSOLESCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become obsolete, fall into disuse

Example:

This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "obsolesce" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

obsolescence (the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date)

obsolescent (becoming obsolete)

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