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Webster 1913 Edition
Use
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
. Shakespeare
When he framed
All things to man's delightful
All things to man's delightful
use
. Milton.
2.
Occasion or need to employ; necessity;
as, to have no further
. use
for a bookShak.
3.
Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
God made two great lights, great for their
To man.
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
Seem to me all the
uses
of this world! Shakespeare
5.
Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
[R.]
O Caesar! these things are beyond all
use
. Shakespeare
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
; etcFrom 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 use
, 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 use
, 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.
Use
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
Some other means I have which may be
used
. Milton.
2.
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat;
“I will use him well.” as, to
. use
a beast cruellyShak.
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 businessUse
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 dangerI 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.
–
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
; 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. make use of
a penI would, my son, that thou wouldst
Which thy discretion gives thee, to control
And manage all.
use
the powerWhich thy discretion gives thee, to control
And manage all.
Cowper.
To study nature will thy time
Knowledge and innocence are perfect joy.
employ
:Knowledge and innocence are perfect joy.
Dryden.
Use
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice;
as, he
; – now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between “use to,” and “used to.” used
to ride dailyThey
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
Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks.
use
Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Use
USE
,Noun.
1.
The act of handling or employing in any manner, and for any purpose, but especially for a profitable purpose; as the use of a pen in writing; the use of books in study; the use of a spade in digging. Use is of two kinds; that which employs a thing, without destroying it or its form, as the use of a book or of a farm; or it is the employment of a thing which destroys or wastes it, as the use of bread for provision; the use of water for turning a mill.2.
Employment; application of any thing to a purpose, good or bad. It is our duty to make a faithful use of our opportunities and advantages for improvement.Books can never teach the use of books.
3.
Usefulness; utility; advantage; production of benefit. the value of a thing is to be estimated by its use. His friendship has been of use to me.Tis use alone that sanctifies expense.
4.
Need of employment, or occasion to employ. I have no further use for this book.5.
Power of receiving advantage. [Usual.]6.
Continued practice or employment.Sweetness, truth, and every grace, which time and use are wont to teach.
7.
Custom; common occurrence.O Cesar, these things are beyond all use. [Usual.]
8.
Interest; the premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money.9.
In 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.Cestuy que use, in law, the person who has the use of lands and tenements.
Contingent use, in law. A contingent or springing use, is where the use is suspended on a future event.
Resulting use, is one which, being limited by the deed, expires or cannot vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration.
Secondary or shifting use, is that which though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.
1.
In use, in employment; as, the book is now in use.2.
In customary practice or observance. Such words, rites and ceremonies, have long been in use.USE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To employ; to handle, hold, occupy or move for some purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use a book; to use time. Most men use the right hand with more convenience than the left, and hence its name, right.2.
To waste, consume or exhaust by employment; as, to use flour for food; to use beer for drink; to use water for irrigation, or for turning the wheel of a mill.3.
To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; as men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.4.
To treat; as, to use one well or ill; to use people with kindness and civility; to use a beast with cruelty.Cato has us'd me ill.
5.
To practice customarily.Use hospitality one to another. 1Peter 4.
To use one's self, to behave. Obs.
USE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be accustomed; to practice customarily.They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone.
2.
To be wont.Fears use to be represented in an imaginary fashion.
3.
To frequent; to inhabit.Where never foot did use.