English Dictionary

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.
Source : opted (167570)  - auto

Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
Source : opted (167571)  - auto

Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
Source : opted (167572)  - auto

Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
Source : opted (167573)  - auto

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
Source : opted (167574)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (167575)  - auto

The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
Source : opted (167576)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (167577)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (167578)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (167581)  - auto