obsolesce

Betekenis (Engels)

To become obsolete.

Synoniemen

age

run out

to become obsolete

Vertalingen

veralten

vieillir

anticuar

caer en desuso

Etymologie (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).