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  1. transitive verb To put into service or apply for a purpose; employ.
  2. transitive verb To avail oneself of; practice: use caution.
  3. transitive verb To conduct oneself toward; treat or handle: "the peace offering of a man who once used you unkindly” (Laurence Sterne).
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  • This use is as yet unsatisfactory, as such use lacks the distinction between nonsexual homosexual social activity, denoted by the term "homosociality," versus same gender love, "homophilia," and which may be romantic, and that of homoeroticism (clinically MSM), denoting homosexual erotic activity, that of same gender sexual relations. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Jerry wonders why his salvia use is a big deal to his mother, because he says she not only allows him to smoke in the house, but she uses salvia too! —  11Alive.com | Atlanta Video News
  • I just want to find out how widespread the use is among folks here. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • These languages and their history, their underlying principles, their design, and their use are the subject of this paper. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • One of the side effects of marijuana use is apathy, lack of motivation, and claiming that it is non-addictive is a lie. —  Marshall Democrat-News Headlines
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English usen, from Old French user, from Vulgar Latin *ūsāre, frequentative of Latin ūtī. N., Middle English, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus, from past participle of ūtī.

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  1. from Middle English use, uce, us, from Old French us, uz = Provencal us = Spanish Portuguese Italian uso, from Latin usus, use, experience, discipline, skill, habit, custom, from uti, past participle usus, Old Latin oeti, past participle oesus, use, employ, exercise, perform, enjoy, etc.; cf. Sanskrit ūta, past participle of √ av, favor. Hence ult. use, v., usage, usual, usurp, usury, utensil, utilize, utility; abuse, peruse; disuse, misuse, etc.
  2. from Middle English usen, from Old French (and F.) user = Spanish Portuguese usar = Italian usare = Middle Latin usare, use, employ, practise, etc., freq. of Latin uti, past participle usus, use: see use, n.
  3. from Middle English *ues, *oes, oyss, from Old French ues, oes, uoes, eus, os, oeps, obs = Provencal obs = Old Spanish huevos = Italian uopo, profit, advantage, use, need, from Latin opus, work, labor, need, Anglo-Latin use, in legal sense; see opus. The word use has been confused with use, with which it is now practically identical.
 

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