obsolesce

Betekenis (Engels)

To become obsolete.

Sinonieme

age

run out

to become obsolete

Vertalings

veralten

vieillir

anticuar

caer en desuso

Etimologie (Engels)

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).