Definition of "obsolesce" [ob•so•lesce]

• To undergo the process of becoming obsolete. (verb-intransitive)

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• "ComCast is already abusing their authority, to "obsolesce" their customer's own equipment so that the customer is forced to lease / buy ComCast's own equipment."
• "Ultimately, innovation is what allows an economy to grow quickly and create new jobs as old ones obsolesce and disappear."
• "A combination of encrypted identity-confederation services and escrow-based private contract-enforcement mechanisms will obsolesce government-based contract enforcement."