USAGE, USE
ADJECTIVES
► POLYCHRESTIC adapted to several different uses → 1850 obs.
NOUNS
► BEHOVEFULNESS usefulness, use → 1592 obs.
► FATIGUE hard usage; wear and tear → 1794 Sc. obs.
► GAIN advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help → c1200 obs.
► HAUNT usage, habit, wont, custom → 1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NAIT use, profit, advantage → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. rare
► OEPS use, benefit, profit → 1383 obs.
► POLYCHREST a thing adapted to several different uses → 1656
► POLYCHRESTIC a thing adapted to several different uses → 1694 obs.
► POLYCHRESTY adaptation to various uses; the ability to be used in several different ways → 1889 obs.
► TIDING usage, custom → 1205 obs.
VERBS
► ADHIBIT to make use of; to use, to apply, to deploy → 1538
► ADOPERATE to bring into operation, to employ, to use → 1632 obs.
► BENOTE to use, to make use of → a1100 obs.
► EAT YOUR OWN DOG FOOD to make use of whatever product or service you provide → 2003 US sl.
► ENTREAT to treat, to use → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► GOOI to throw, to fling, to give someone something; to use something → 1940s S. Afr. sl.
► HANDSEL to try or use a thing for the first time; to test, to prove → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAINLINE to use or consume frequently or voraciously, as though addicted → 1977 Amer. journalists’ usage
► NAIT to make use of, to use → a1300 obs.
► NATE to use, to employ → 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► NEED to use → Bk1905 Sc.
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