application, appliance; adhibition†, disposal; consumption; agency &c
(physical) 170; usufruct; usefulness &c 644; benefit; recourse, resort,
avail.
[Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear.
[Way of using] usage.
V. use, make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in
operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work.
ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert,
exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have
recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take
advantage of; lay one's hands on, try.
render useful &c 644; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert
to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into
requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into
the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply,
adhibit†, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of.
fall back upon, make a shift with; make the most of, make the best
of.
use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put
to task.
Adj. in use; used &c v.; well-worn, well-trodden.
useful &c 644; subservient &c (instrumental) 631.