obsolete 音标拼音: ['ɑbsəl
, it]
a . 荒废的,成废物的,陈旧的
n . 废词,陈腐的人,废物
荒废的,成废物的,陈旧的废词,陈腐的人,废物
obsolete adj 1 :
no longer in use ; "
obsolete words " [
synonym : {
disused },
{
obsolete }]
Obsolete \
Ob "
so *
lete \,
a . [
L .
obsoletus ,
p .
p .
of obsolescere .
See {
Obsolescent }.]
1 .
No longer in use ;
gone into disuse ;
disused ;
neglected ;
as ,
an obsolete word ;
an obsolete statute ; --
applied chiefly to words ,
writings ,
or observances .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Biol .)
Not very distinct ;
obscure ;
rudimental ;
imperfectly developed ;
abortive .
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Syn :
Ancient ;
antiquated ;
old -
fashioned ;
antique ;
old ;
disused ;
neglected .
See {
Ancient }.
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1913 Webster ]
Obsolete \
Ob "
so *
lete \,
v .
i .
To become obsolete ;
to go out of use . [
R .] --
Fitzed .
Hall .
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80 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obsolete ":
abandoned ,
abjured ,
ago ,
ancient ,
antediluvian ,
antiquate ,
antiquated ,
antique ,
archaic ,
behind the times ,
blown over ,
by ,
bygone ,
bypast ,
dated ,
dead ,
dead and buried ,
deceased ,
defunct ,
demode ,
departed ,
deserted ,
discarded ,
discontinued ,
disused ,
done with ,
elapsed ,
expired ,
extinct ,
finished ,
forgotten ,
gone ,
gone glimmering ,
gone out ,
gone -
by ,
has -
been ,
hors de combat ,
irrecoverable ,
lapsed ,
no more ,
not worth saving ,
obsolesce ,
obsolescent ,
off the field ,
old ,
old hat ,
old -
fashioned ,
old -
time ,
old -
timey ,
on the shelf ,
out ,
out of commission ,
out of date ,
out of fashion ,
out of gear ,
out of style ,
out of use ,
out -
of -
date ,
outdated ,
outmoded ,
outworn ,
over ,
passe ,
passed ,
passed away ,
past ,
past use ,
pensioned off ,
relinquished ,
renounced ,
resigned ,
retired ,
run out ,
superannuate ,
superannuated ,
superseded ,
unused ,
vanished ,
worn -
out ,
wound up OBSOLETE .
This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy ,
without being repealed ,
2 .
A positive statute ,
unrepealed ,
can never be repealed by non -
user alone .
4 Yeates ,
Rep .
181 ;
Id .
215 ;
1 Browne '
s Rep .
Appx .
28 ;
13 Serg . &
Rawle ,
447 .
The disuse of a law is at most only presumptive evidence that society has consented to such a repeal ;
however this presumption may operate on an unwritten law ,
it cannot in general act upon one which remains as a legislative act on the statute book ,
because no presumption can set aside a certainty .
A written law may indeed become obsolete when the object to which it was intended to apply ,
or the occasion for which it was enacted ,
no longer exists .
1 P .
A .
Browne '
s R .
App .
28 . "
It must be a very strong case ,"
says Chief Justice Tilghman , "
to justify the court in deciding ,
that an act standing on the statute book ,
unrepealed ,
is obsolete and invalid .
I will not say that such case may not exist --
where there has been a non -
user for a great number of years ;
where ,
from a change of times and manners ,
an ancient sleeping statute would do great mischief ,
if suddenly brought into action ;
where a long ,
practice inconsistent with it has prevailed ,
and ,
specially ,
where from other and latter statutes it might be inferred that in the apprehension of the legislature ,
the old one was not in force ."
13 Serg .
&
Rawle ,
452 ;
Rutherf .
Inst .
B .
2 ,
c .
6 ,
s .
19 ;
Merl .
Repert .
mot Desuetude .
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