O Cæsar! these things are beyond all use.
Shak.
6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese;
as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the
Roman use; etc.
From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use.
Pref. to Book of Common Prayer.
7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed
money; interest; usury. [Obs.]
Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to
him.
Jer. Taylor.
8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L. opus need,
business, employment, work. Cf. Operate.] (Law) The benefit or profit
of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a
man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is
intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A
for the use of B.
9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a
shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to
lengthen the forging.
Contingent, or Springing, use (Law), a use to come into operation on a
future uncertain event. — In use. (a) In employment; in customary
practice observance. (b) In heat; — said especially of mares. J. H.
Walsh. — Of no use, useless; of no advantage. — Of use, useful; of
advantage; profitable. — Out of use, not in employment. — Resulting use
(Law), a use, which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not
vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such
expiration. — Secondary, or Shifting, use, a use which, though
executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. Blackstone.
— Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which
transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession.
— To make use of, To put to use, to employ; to derive service from; to
use.
Use (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Used (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Using.] [OE.
usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to use, from L. uti,
p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Utility.]
1. To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of;
to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use
time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs.
Shak.
Some other means I have which may be used.
Milton.
2. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a
beast cruelly. "I will use him well." Shak.
How wouldst thou use me now?
Milton.
Cato has used me ill.
Addison.
3. To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence
in business.
Use hospitality one to another.