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utilize |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Utilized}; p. pr & vb n. {Utilizing}.] [Cf. F. utiliser.] To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use to make use of as to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities. In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. --Hawthorne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: utilize v 1: put into service; make work make use of of employ for a particular purpose: "use your head!" "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results" [syn: {use}, {utilise}, {apply}, {employ}] 2: make use of "implement a procedure" [syn: {implement}, {apply}]
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