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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use See {Use}, v. t.] 1. The act of employing anything or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon. This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak. When he framed All things to man's delightful use --Milton. 2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as to have no further use for a book. --Shak. 3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used usefulness; utility. God made two great lights, great for their use To man. --Milton. 'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope. 4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit. Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser. How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak. 5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.] O C[ae]sar! these things are beyond all use --Shak. 6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as the Sarum, or Canterbury, use the Hereford use the York use the Roman use etc From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use --Pref. to Book of Common Prayer. 7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.] Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him --Jer. Taylor. 8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF oes, fr L. opus need business, employment, work Cf {Operate}.] (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B. 9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end and afterward drawn down by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. {Contingent}, or {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. {In use}. a In employment; in customary practice observance. b In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh. {Of no use}, useless; of no advantage. {Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable. {Out of use}, not in employment. {Resulting use} (Law), a use which being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it after such expiration. {Secondary}, or {Shifting}, {use}, a use which though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. --Blackstone. {Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. {To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive service from to use From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Use \Use\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Used}; p. pr & vb n. {Using}.] [OE. usen, F. user to use use up wear out LL usare to use from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use OL oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf {Utility}.] 1. To make use of to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of to employ; to put a purpose; as to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation. Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. --Shak. Some other means I have which may be used --Milton. 2. To behave toward; to act with regard to to treat; as to use a beast cruelly. ``I will use him well.'' --Shak. How wouldst thou use me now? --Milton. Cato has used me ill. --Addison. 3. To practice customarily; to make a practice of as to use diligence in business. Use hospitality one to another. --1 Pet. iv 9. 4. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger. I am so used in the fire to blow. --Chaucer. Thou with thy compeers, Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels. --Milton. {To use one's self}, to behave. [Obs.] ``Pray, forgive me if I have used myself unmannerly.'' --Shak. {To use up}. a To consume or exhaust by using; to leave nothing of as to use up the supplies. b To exhaust; to tire out to leave no capacity of force or use in to overthrow; as he was used up by fatigue. [Colloq.] Syn: Employ. Usage: {Use}, {Employ}. We use a thing or make use of it when we derive from it some enjoyment or service. We employ it when we turn that service into a particular channel. We use words to express our general meaning; we employ certain technical terms in reference to a given subject. To make use of implies passivity in the thing as to make use of a pen; and hence there is often a material difference between the two words when applied to persons. To speak of ``making use of another'' generally implies a degrading idea, as if we had used him as a tool; while employ has no such sense A confidential friend is employed to negotiate; an inferior agent is made use of on an intrigue. I would my son, that thou wouldst use the power Which thy discretion gives thee, to control And manage all --Cowper. To study nature will thy time employ: Knowledge and innocence are perfect joy. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Use \Use\, v. i. 1. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between ``use to,'' and ``used to.'' They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone. --Spenser. Fears use to be represented in an imaginary. --Bacon. Thus we use to say it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the fire in the room --South. Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp. --Ex. xxxiii 7 (Rev. Ver.) 2. To be accustomed to go to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of [Obs.] ``Where never foot did use.'' --Spenser. He useth every day to a merchant's house. --B. Jonson Ye valleys low where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: use n 1: the act of using; "the steps were worn from years of use" [syn: {usage}, {utilization}, {utilisation}, {employment}, {exercise}] 2: a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses" 3: what something is used for "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: {function}, {purpose}, {role}] 4: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: {consumption}, {economic consumption}, {usance}, {use of goods and services}] 5: a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" [syn: {habit}, {wont}] 6: the exercise of a right to benefits; "we were given the use of his boat"; "deprived of the enjoyment of civil rights" [syn: {enjoyment}] 7: exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" [syn: {manipulation}] v 1: put into service; make work make use of of employ for a particular purpose: "use your head!" "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results" [syn: {utilize}, {utilise}, {apply}, {employ}] 2: take or consume (regularly); "She uses drugs rarely" 3: seek or achieve an end by using; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs" 4: use up consume fully; " The legislature expended its time on school questions." [syn: {expend}] 5: conduct oneself toward; treat or handle; "You can't use people to achieve your own evil plans!" 6: avail oneself to "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs" [syn: {practice}, {apply}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: USE An early system on the {IBM 1103} or 1103A. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-11-11)
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