Use

us, n. Act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; application; employment; conversion to an act or purpose; occasion or need to employ; nece ity; advantage derived; usefulne ; utility; continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom. (Law.) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. — Use, uz, v. [used (uzd), using.] To make use of, convert to one's service, put to a purpose; to behave toward, act with regard to, treat; to practice customarily; to accustom, habituate. — v. i. To be wont or accustomed; to practice customarily.— Us'able, a. Capable of being used. — Us'age, -ej, n. Act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or thing; long-continued practice; habitual use; method; customary use, as of word in a particular sense or signification, or the signification itself. — Uslmce, -ans, n. ( Com.) The time which, by usage or custom, is allowed in certain countries for the payment of a bill of exchange. — Useful, us'f ul, a. Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; beneficial; profitable. — Usele , a. Having no use; unserviceable; producing no good endj_ answering no valuable purpose. — Us'ual, u'zhoo-al, a. In use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; frequent. — Us'ually, adv. — Usucap'tion, -kap's hun, n. (Civil Law.) Acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted and undisputed po e ion of it for a certain term prescribed by law; prescription. — U's ufruct, -zhoofrukt, n. (Law.) The right of using and enjoying lands and tenements or receiving the fruits and profits of a thing or estate without the right to alienate or impair the property itself. — Usufrucfuary, -u-a-rY. n. One who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it. — a. Of, pert, to, or m the nature of, a usufruct.— Usurp'', -zerp', v. t. [usurped (-zgrpt/), usurping.] To seize and hold in po e ion Dy force or without right; to arrogate, a ume, appropriate. — Usurpation, n. Act of usurping, or of seizing, or occupying and enjoying, the power or property of another without right. — Usurp'er, n. — U's ury, -zhoo-rT, n. Orig. interest; practice of taking interest;_illegal interest; exorbitant interest. — -U' surer, -zhoo-rer, n. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law. — Usu'rio us, -zhoolY-us, a. Practicing usury; taking exorbitant interest for the use of money; partaking of, or containing, usury. — Uten's il, n. An instrument; implement; esp., an instrument or ve el used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming bus i- V. V, ve, the 22d letter of the Eng. alphabet, represents a uniform consonant sound, as heard in vain, eve its form is only a variety of the character by which the vowel U is denoted, the latter being in its origin the cursive character employed with soft materials, sQn, cube, full; moon, fotit; cow, oil 31 ne . — Utility, -t-tT, n. State or quality of being useful; production of good; usefulne ; advantageousne ; benefit; profit; avail; service.— UtiTita'rian, -I-ta^rY-an, a. Consisting in, or pert, to, utility; pertaining to utilitarianism. — n. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. — Util'itaHanism, -izm, n. The doctrine that the greatest happine of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions; doctrine that virtue is founded in utility; doctrine that utility is the sole standard of virtue, so that virtue is indicated and tested by its apparent usefulne .— Utilize, -til-iz, v. t. [-ized (-Izd), -izing.] To make useful, turn to profitable account or use.— U'tiliza''tion, n. Act of, or state of being, etc.