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Webster 1913 Edition


Useful

Use′ful

,
Adj.
Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous;
as, vessels and instruments
useful
in a family; books
useful
for improvement;
useful
knowledge;
useful
arts
.
To what can I
useful
!
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Useful

U'SEFUL

,
Adj.
Producing or having power to produce good; beneficial; profitable; helpful towards advancing any purpose; as vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.