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      use
      noun
      Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
      A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
      (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
      (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
      The act of using.
      (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
      (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
      (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
      (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
      (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
      verb
      To utilize or employ.
      (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
      (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
      (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
      (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
      To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
      (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
      (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
      (transitive) To exploit.
      (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
      (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
      (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To accustom oneself.
      (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
      Roots
      utorus- · Latin · use
      Synonyms for use
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      Words related to use
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