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Roget category 677

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.3. Precursory measures

#677. Use

noun

useemploy, employmentexercise, exercitationapplication, applianceadhibition, disposalconsumptionagency etc. (physical) 170usufructusefulness etc. 644benefitrecourse, resort, avail.
[Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear.
[Way of using] usage.

verb

use, make use of, employ, put to useput in action, put in operation, put in practiceset in motion, set to work.
ply, work, wield, handle, manipulateplay, play offexert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself totake up with, take advantage oflay one's hands on, try.
render useful etc. 644moldturn to account, turn to useconvert to use, utilizework upcall into play, bring into play put into requisitioncall forth, draw forthpress into service, enlist into the servicebring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose ofmake a handle of, make a cat's-paw of.
fall back upon, make a shift withmake the most of, make the best of.
use up, swallow upconsume, absorb, expendtax, task, wear, put to task.

adjective

in useused etc. v. — well-worn, well-trodden.
useful etc. 644subservient etc. (instrumental) 631.

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