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Webster 1913 Edition
Utilize
U′til-ize
,Verb.
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 opportunitiesIn former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been
utilized
as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Utilize
U'TILIZE
,Verb.
T.