Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To render (a person) unaccustomed to something to which the person has been previously accustomed; cause to break a habit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cause to lose a habit by disuse; render unaccustomed as by disuse: as, he has disaccustomed himself to exercise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to cause (someone) to break a habit or become
unaccustomed to something that they are previously accustomed to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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They see the peasant smiles very little, and altogether is not very kindly disposed and wants to disaccustom himself to the authorities.
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hernesheir commented on the word disaccustom
I'm a word you don't meet every day.
December 13, 2013
kalayzich commented on the word disaccustom
1881 H. James Portrait of Lady xxxii, Disaccustomed to living with an invalid.
December 13, 2013