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French
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États-Unis
, U.S.A.
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usage
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, utilisation
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Using
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Use
Synonyms:
Exploitation,
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• Us
- (pl. ) of I
- (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.
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• Use
- (v. i.) To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.
- (v. t.) Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
- (v. i.) 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."
- (v. t.) Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
- (v. t.) To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
- (v. t.) The act of employing anything, or of applying it to ones 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.
- (v. t.) The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
- (v. t.) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
- (v. t.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To make use of; to convert to ones service; to avail ones 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.
Synonyms:
Apply, Consumption, Employ, Employment, Enjoyment, Exercise, Expend, Function, Habit, Habituate, Manipulation, Practice, Purpose, Role, Usage, Usance, Utilization, Utilize, Wont,
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