disutilize
English
Etymology
dis- + utilize
Verb
disutilize (third-person singular simple present disutilizes, present participle disutilizing, simple past and past participle disutilized)
- (transitive) To deprive of utility; to render useless.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
- Death's black dust, being blown,
Infiltrated through every secret fold
Of this sealed letter by a puff of fate,
Dried up forever the fresh-written ink,
Annulled the gift, disutilized the grace,
And left these fragments.
- Death's black dust, being blown,
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh