Chaucer.
Thou with thy compeers, Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant
wheels.
Milton.
To use one's self, to behave. [Obs.] "Pray, forgive me, if I have used
myself unmannerly." Shak. — To use up. (a) To consume or exhaust by
using; to leave nothing of; as, to use up the supplies. (b) To exhaust;
to tire out; to leave no capacity of force or use in; to overthrow; as,
he was used up by fatigue. [Colloq.]
Syn. — Employ. — Use, Employ. We use a thing, or make use of it, when
we derive from it some enjoyment or service. We employ it when we turn
that service into a particular channel. We use words to express our
general meaning; we employ certain technical terms in reference to a
given subject. To make use of, implies passivity in the thing; as, to
make use of a pen; and hence there is often a material difference
between the two words when applied to persons. To speak of "making use
of another" generally implies a degrading idea, as if we had used him
as a tool; while employ has no such sense. A confidential friend is
employed to negotiate; an inferior agent is made use of on an intrigue.
I would, my son, that thou wouldst use the power Which thy discretion
gives thee, to control And manage all.
Cowper.
To study nature will thy time employ: Knowledge and innocence are
perfect joy.
Dryden.
Use (?), v. i. 1. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or
practice; as, he used to ride daily; — now disused in the present
tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to,"
and "used to."
They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone.
Spenser.
Fears use to be represented in an imaginary.
Bacon.
Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the
fire in the room.
South.
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp.