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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of use

Etymologies

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use + -est

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Examples

  • Though fair the words thou usest, I know not how I am to name thy deeds in terms of praise.

    Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

  • Though fair the words thou usest, I know not how I am to name thy deeds in terms of praise.

    Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

  • Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Let not future things disturb thee, for thou wilt come to them, if it shall be necessary, having with thee the same reason which now thou usest for present things.

    The Meditations 2004

  • And if thou also usest thyself to do this, thou wilt rid thyself of thy much trouble.

    The Meditations 2004

  • Thy friend, as thou usest him, and thy sworn enemy,

    Twelfth Night; or, What You Will 2004

  • “If thou hast been among the children of the world, thou hast learned worldly shiftiness enough, only see that thou usest it well, and do not be too confident.”

    Household Tales 2003

  • Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

    Psalms 119. 1999

  • Hardway; for they usest to make a rare harvest a-taking off witnesses and prisoners '` friends,' as they calls 'em, and lawyers and noospaper chaps to the flagship, they did.

    Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene

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