OBSOLESCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obsolesce mean? 

• OBSOLESCE (verb)
  The verb OBSOLESCE has 1 sense:

1. become obsolete, fall into disuse

  Familiarity information: OBSOLESCE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBSOLESCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they obsolesce    ... he / she / it obsolesces   
Past simple: obsolesced   
Past participle: obsolesced   
-ing form: obsolescing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become obsolete, fall into disuse

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used

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obsolescence (the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date)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