Definition of Obsolesce

1. Verb. Become obsolete, fall into disuse. "This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used"

Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Obsolescence, Obsolescent

Definition of Obsolesce

1. v. i. To become obsolescent.

Definition of Obsolesce

1. Verb. To become obsolete ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obsolesce

1. [v -LESCED, -LESCING, -LESCES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obsolesce

obsessives
obsessivity
obsessor
obsessors
obsidian
obsidians
obsidional
obsidious
obsign
obsignation
obsignations
obsignatory
obsigned
obsigning
obsigns
obsolesce (current term)
obsolesced
obsolescence
obsolescences
obsolescent
obsolescently
obsolesces
obsolescing
obsolete
obsoleted
obsoletely
obsoleteness
obsoletenesses
obsoletes
obsoleting

Literary usage of Obsolesce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"... and especially in their development ; they remain as indurated points, or obsolesce and calcify, but do not become cheesy like tubercle. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"... and especially in their development ; they remain as indurated points, or obsolesce and calcify, but do not become cheesy like tubercle. ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1887)
"... renders unnecessary a network of capillaries so large as hitherto, and the fall of the blood pressure within them permits many of them to obsolesce. ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1887)
"... renders unnecessary a network of capillaries so large as hitherto, and the fall of the blood pressure within them permits many of them to obsolesce. ..."

5. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1868)
"... at an early period of its existence, dry up, obsolesce, and cease to be dangerous, can we cure the diathesis, the faulty assimilation, the defective ..."

6. The Federal Income Tax by Thomas Sewall Adams, Thomas Reed Powell (1921)
"From that time on, the value of the goodwill would obsolesce until its final disappearance when the taxpayer ceased business ..."

7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"... at an early period of its existence, dry up, obsolesce, and cease to be dangerous, can we cure the diathesis, the faulty assimilation, the defective ..."

8. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"The failure to implement such a system will mean that chemical image data obsolesce almost instantly upon their production. To avoid redundant effort and ..."

9. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1868)
"... at an early period of its existence, dry up, obsolesce, and cease to be dangerous, can we cure the diathesis, the faulty assimilation, the defective ..."

10. The Federal Income Tax by Thomas Sewall Adams, Thomas Reed Powell (1921)
"From that time on, the value of the goodwill would obsolesce until its final disappearance when the taxpayer ceased business ..."

11. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"... at an early period of its existence, dry up, obsolesce, and cease to be dangerous, can we cure the diathesis, the faulty assimilation, the defective ..."

12. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"The failure to implement such a system will mean that chemical image data obsolesce almost instantly upon their production. To avoid redundant effort and ..."

13. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"... and especially in their development ; they remain as indurated points, or obsolesce and calcify, but do not become cheesy like tubercle. ..."

14. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1887)
"... renders unnecessary a network of capillaries so large as hitherto, and the fall of the blood pressure within them permits many of them to obsolesce. ..."

15. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1868)
"... at an early period of its existence, dry up, obsolesce, and cease to be dangerous, can we cure the diathesis, the faulty assimilation, the defective ..."

16. The Federal Income Tax by Thomas Sewall Adams, Thomas Reed Powell (1921)
"From that time on, the value of the goodwill would obsolesce until its final disappearance when the taxpayer ceased business ..."

17. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"... at an early period of its existence, dry up, obsolesce, and cease to be dangerous, can we cure the diathesis, the faulty assimilation, the defective ..."

18. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"The failure to implement such a system will mean that chemical image data obsolesce almost instantly upon their production. To avoid redundant effort and ..."

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