obsolesce
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin obsolescere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”), inceptive of obsolere (“to wear out, decay”) (rare), apparently from ob (“before”) + solere (“to be wont”); or else from obs-, a form of ob- + olere (“to grow”) (compare adolescent).
Verb
editobsolesce (third-person singular simple present obsolesces, present participle obsolescing, simple past and past participle obsolesced)
- To become obsolete.
Synonyms
edit- elden, go by the wayside, superannuate; see also Thesaurus:to age
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “obsolesce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “obsolesce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “obsolesce”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
editVerb
editobsolēsce