#614. Desuetude.
— N. desuetude, disusage[obs3]; obsolescence,
disuse
&c. 678; want of habit, want of practice; inusitation[obs3];
newness to; new brooms.
infraction of usage
&c. (unconformity) 83; nonprevalence[obs3]; “a
custom more honored in the breach than the observance”
[Hamlet].
V. be -unaccustomed
&c. adj.; leave off a habit, cast off a habit,
break off a habit, wean oneself of a habit, violate
a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit,
leave off a custom, cast off a custom, break off a
custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a custom,
break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off
a usage, cast off a usage, break off a usage, wean
oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through
a usage, infringe a usage; disuse &c. 678; wear off.
Adj. unaccustomed, unused,
unwonted, unseasoned, uninured[obs3],
unhabituated[obs3], untrained; new; green &c. (unskilled)
699; unhackneyed.
unusual &c. (unconformable)
83; nonobservant[obs3]; disused &c. 678.
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#615. Motive. —
N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.
reason, ground, call,
principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring,
primum mobile[Lat], keystone; the why and the wherefore;
pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee[Fr];
intention &c. 620.
inducement, consideration;
attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism,
magnetic force; allectation|, allective|; temptation,
enticement, agacerie[obs3], allurement, witchery;
bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell &c. 993; fascination,
blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed
words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden
fruit, golden apple.
persuasibility[obs3],
persuasibleness[obs3]; attractability[obs3];
impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness,
attractiveness; tantalization[obs3]. influence, prompting,
dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement,
incitation; press, instigation; provocation &c. (excitation
of feeling) 824; inspiration; persuasion, suasion;
encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice &c. 695;
solicitation &c. (request) 765; lobbyism; pull*.
incentive, stimulus,
spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus[obs3], rowel,
provocative, whet, dram.
bribe, lure; decoy,
decoy duck; bait, trail of a red herring; bribery
and corruption; sop, sop for Cerberus.
prompter, tempter; seducer,
seductor[obs3]; instigator, firebrand,
incendiary; Siren, Circe; agent provocateur; lobbyist.
V. induce, move; draw,
draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse
&c. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract,
beckon.
stimulate &c. (excite)
824; spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse;
animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on,
actuate; act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage;
pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the
back, clap on the shoulder.


