obsolesce

== English == === Etymology === From 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒbsəˈlɛs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɑbsəˈlɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Verb === obsolesce (third-person singular simple present obsolesces, present participle obsolescing, simple past and past participle obsolesced) To become obsolete. ==== Synonyms ==== elden, go by the wayside, superannuate; see also Thesaurus:to age ==== Related terms ==== obsolescence obsolescent obsolete === Further reading === “obsolesce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “obsolesce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “obsolesce”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Verb === obsolēsce second-person singular present active imperative of obsolēscō