outmode

outmode
/owt'mohd"/, v., outmoded, outmoding.
v.t.
1. to cause (something) to go out of style or become obsolete.
v.i.
2. to go out of style or become obsolete.
[1900-05; perh. from the phrase out of mode; cf. F démoder]

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