| 单词 | of use |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof use Phrases P1. in use. a. Currently employed or utilized; in a state of being used. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > in use [phrase] to (also in) noteOE in usea1400 in urec1420 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 306 (MED) Þe i instrument þat is comoun & moost in vss is clepid nodulum. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxviii. §48. 417 Of mykil thynkynge of þe comandmentis cumys in oyse goed werke. 1558–9 Act 1 Eliz. c. 2 §13 That suche Ornamentes of the Churche and of the Ministers therof shall bee reteyned and bee in use as was in this Churche of Englande. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 345 Gonnes were first in vse, which were inuented by one of Germany. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iv. Ded. p. v I remember a Proverbiall speech in use among the Iewes. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 5 To apply themselves forthwith to the putting in use this Invention upon some of his own Ships. 1708 S. Ockley Conquest of Syria Table sig. Dd8 Sawik, a sort of Food in Use among the Arabians. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 36. ⁋8 All the fashionable Phrases and Compliments now in use. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at To Quarry To prey upon. A low word not in use. 1801 Med. Jrnl. 21 83 Every plan of cure at present in use. 1885 Manch. Examiner 10 July 5/2 Those [lamps] now in use. 1890 Sir N. Lindley in Law Times Rep. 63 690 These two forms of order..are in constant use in the Chancery Division. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) p. xxxiv When not in use, keep the microscope in its case or covered with a bell-jar, leaving an ocular in the draw-tube. 1966 J. Sankey Chalkland Ecol. i. 13 Dew ponds have largely been replaced by mains water, though a few still remain in use on the downland. 1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 89/3 The heller and krone had been in use in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1900. ΚΠ 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 10 §1 In suche lyke estates as they had or shall have in use, trust, or confidence of or in the same. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 380 So he will let me haue the other halfe in vse, to render it vpon his death vnto the Gentleman. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iii. 44 But my full heart Remaines in vse with you. View more context for this quotation 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 596/1 This alienation of land in use was looked upon with great disfavour by the common law courts. ΚΠ 1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense iii. ix. 31 Him that being used to steale, to keepe his hand in use, would be stealing rushes. a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. xv. 154 I frequented all the fencing-schools to keep my hand in use. 1869 G. Harris Theory of Arts II. xiv. i. 236 Provided there is sufficient practice followed to keep the hand in use. d. Of a horse: on heat; capable of breeding. Now rare. ΚΠ 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. 606 A mare is said to be ‘in use’ when she is under the influence of certain appetites or affections. 1894 Nature's Method in Evol. Life iii. 45 Stallions are commonly in use long before they are full grown. 1913 Amer. Jrnl. Vet. Med. Jan. 150/1 They [sc. mares] may be in use on the fifth day. P2. to come (also fall, go, etc.) into use: to be introduced into customary or habitual employment or practice; to begin to be used; esp. (of vocabulary, syntax, etc.) to be introduced into common usage. ΚΠ c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 129 (MED) Þoruȝ ofte doinge, synnes com into use, and fro use to consuetude. 1609 T. Morton Catholike Appeale iv. xxv. 551 Vntill men had a while trembled at the vnderstanding of a fierie Purgatory, Indulgences did not come into vse. 1664 J. Forster Englands Happiness Increased 23 When these Roots shall once come into use, People will live more happily and plentifully. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. i. xxv. 212 The Troubles..gave great Hopes to the Popishly affected Subjects, that the old Mass would come into Use again. 1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. III. 91 The clear augmentation of distant objects requires..very large spheres, which is impracticable, and does not fall into use. 1837 J. Marsh tr. D. H. Hegewisch Introd. to Hist. Chronol. 57 With this 1st of January the new Calendar went into use. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. l. 508 Two wonderful instruments had lately come into use. 1890 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 175/2 This word came into use to express [etc.]. 1901 F. Brinkley Oriental Series: Japan I. iii. 53 Such titles as ‘great body’..were employed as terms of respect, and ultimately passed into use as official titles. 1922 Woman's World (Chicago) Nov. 20/1 (advt.) Many long months of indoor weather are ahead, before golf sticks, fishing kit..come into use again. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 23 Nov. i. 10/1 Soon after 9/11, the term ‘new normal’ came into use to describe activities that before that cataclysmic event would have seemed strange if not downright weird but are now regarded as routine. P3. Scottish. as use is and variants: = Phrases 4.With quot. 1557 cf. use and wont at Phrases 8. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > as is usual or customary as use is1423 as (or than) usual1716 1423 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 55 Payand of the chaldre as vse and custume is and as thai war wont to pay [etc.]. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 126 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 299 Syne, as oyse was, þai entryt in þare oratore. 1549 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 434 As vse euer hes beyne in tyme bygane. 1557 Reg. Cupar Abbey II. 140 Payand ȝerle..ten merkis money.., as vse and wont wes. 1697 Minute Bk. Fleshers of Jedburgh (Hawick Museum: JED545) 22 Who hes payed all dewes as use is. 1802 A. Menzies in J. B. Moore & J. Payne Rep. Cases Common Pleas & Exchequer (1828) I. 670 The defender having..been..divers times this day publicly called by a macer from the bar, as use is, yet he failed to appear. 1823 J. M. Duncan Trav. U.S. & Canada I. 284 We kept together ‘as use is,’ till the clocks of the city had tolled the knell of expiring time. 1934 J. U. Nicolson Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 80 And after that came woeful Emily, With fire in hands, as use was, to ignite The sacrifice and set the pyre alight. P4. as the use is: as is customary. Cf. sense 7b. ΚΠ 1432 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 15th Rep.: App. Pt. VIII: MSS Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry (1897) 44 in Parl. Papers (C. 8553) L. 207 The saidis Jone and Elisabeth sall be handfast, as the oys is, in haly Kyrk. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 441 That men electe to be bischoppes..may..be confermede of theire metropolitans as the use was afore. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith xvi. 20 The people was ioyfull, as the vse is. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. xii. 39 Vpon the day following as the vse had bene,..his company came to take vp the bodies. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. v. 2 Wake thy..Muse, And thank them with a song, as is the use. a1832 W. Scott Poet. Wks. (1841) 433 See him dart O'er stock and stone like hunted hart, Precipitate, as is the use, in war or sport, of Edward Bruce. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxv. 244 They fixed it [sc. the settlement of the minister], as the use and wont is, for a week day. 1916 W. D. Howells Years of my Youth iv. v.195 None went away for the season, as the use is now. 2006 P. C. Tandura in Culture India xxvii. 245 The ‘Sargam’ or the notes of the scale themselves may be sung as is the use in South India. P5. out of use. No longer part of established practice or procedure; no longer used, obsolete; (also) not being used, inactive. to go (pass, drop, etc.) out of use: to become obsolete, to be no longer needed. Cf out of prep. 14. ΚΠ c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 150 (MED) He will asayle vs of þat same vice..vnto þe tyme it be for yetyn and put oute of vse. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 676/2 I queme,..This worde is nowe out of use. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Exoletus, he that is passed growynge..olde, or out of vse. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Epist. Such good and naturall English words, as haue ben long time out of vse. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) iii. 36 And soe was the English growne out of use..and used only amonge the basest sorte of people. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 552 The Blessed Sacrament, which was now wholy out of use: in the Parish Churches. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 174. ⁋3 A broken Limb will recover its Strength by the sole Benefit of being out of Use. 1892 Monthly Packet Oct. 430 The name..had in some way gone out of use. 1911 H. M. Hobart Dict. Electr. Engin. II. 591/1 It may be entirely lifted off when the instrument is out of use. 1936 Amer. Home Feb. 42/2 Zedoary is a forgotten spice. A famous condiment of medieval times, it has dropped out of use almost completely. 2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) ii. 46 In most places the hand-rickshaw went out of use after the Second World War, condemned as a barbarous machine humiliating the poor pullers. P6. to put to (a) use: to employ, utilize; to use as an expedient; to profit from or take advantage of. Frequently with modifying word. †Formerly also with into. ΚΠ a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 120 (MED) It nedith þat ther be lyvelode asseigned ffor the payment therof, wich lyvelode be in no wyse putte to no other vse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 97 I know not what vse to put her too. View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xv. sig. D2v No man puts his Braine to more vse then hee. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Ffff2v/3 To put a Thing into Use. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iv. §21. 34 The great difference..in the Notion of Mankind, is, from the different use they put their Faculties to. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1103 Every moment may be put to some use. 1847 W. T. Porter Quarter Race in Kentucky (1854) 152 We began to discover that India rubber could be put to other uses besides making over-shoes. 1893 National Observer 7 Oct. 536/1 The gallows were put to real use. 1937 M. W. C. Deland Old Chester Days i. 41 The hereinbefore mentioned account-book might be put to an improper use. 1963 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 31 Jan. 14/7 Dark, rank-tasting honeys put to good use in making cakes and brown malt breads. 1999 New Statesman 8 Nov. 49/2 The grape is also put to use as a base for brandy, particularly in France. P7. to bring (also take, introduce, etc.) into use: to cause to be adopted into customary or habitual employment or practice; to begin to use. ΚΠ c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 51 (MED) Sum man vsiþ into his propre civil lordschip sum kyndis of þe now seid godis..or ellis he takiþ into vse alle kyndis of hem. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xii. 86 By some leasurable trauell it were no hard matter to induce all their auncient feete into vse with vs. 1621 T. Taylor Parable of Sower & Seed 352 There is no part of his Word, which is not worthy both to be knowne, and brought into vse. 1684 G. S. Anglorum Speculum 947 Organs were brought into general use in Churches about the year 828. 1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 55 Instruments..invented, and brought into common use. 1780 tr. C. Buffier First Truths ii. vi. 147 The name of each thing has been introduced into use by the common people. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 398/1 At what time..bills of exchange were first brought into use is a matter..not..satisfactorily ascertained. 1870 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 667/1 That weapon she laid up in store, not to be taken into common use till war should break out. 1931 Movie Makers Feb. 81/1 To eliminate the slightest possibility of sound leaving the camera, ‘blimps’ were brought into use. 1968 A. J. Rook et al. Textbk. Dermatol. I. xiv. 301/1 The patch-test was first devised by Jadassolm 1896 and later brought into general use by Bloch. 2002 Independent 4 Mar. i. 1/5 They say it might have been cheaper to boost NHS capacity, for example, by bringing back into use mothballed wards and operating theatres. P8. Chiefly Scottish. use and wont: custom or established practice, esp. when regarded as having the force of law. Also attributive: guided or informed by custom or established practice; customary. Cf. used and wont at used adj. Phrases. ΚΠ 1492 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 216/2 That thai eik na covbille for the said fischingis bot as vse & wont wes of before. 1527 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 207 Half amark of annvell of the hayll tennement of the lochand more payand to the commvnyte hus and vont. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 44 He craues onelie na other service, bot vse and wont. 1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 58/2 Þat the maltmen þer be lyable for the excyse according to use and wont. 1762 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 92 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Priviledges belonging to the said lands conform to use and wont. 1825 R. Wilson Hist. Hawick 190 This tax,..by the law of ‘use and wont’,..has become part and parcel of the system. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 277 Constitutional Presbyterian persons, Use-and-wont Neuters. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxix. 47 Make one wreath more for Use and Wont That guard the portals of the house. View more context for this quotation 1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean I. 131 A careless, half-conscious, ‘use-and-wont’ reception of our experience. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie 127 ‘On this question of corporal punishment in the schools, Erchie,’ I said to my old friend, ‘what are your views? I've no doubt you're dead against any alteration on use and wont.’ 1996 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Nov. 28 This is not creative accounting but is established by use and wont in business. P9. of use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] useda1475 of usea1504 utilized1881 a1504 J. Holt Lac Puerorum (1508) sig. A.ivv Also the scrypture vseth animabus, famulabus, dominabus..the whiche of all suche other be not of vse. a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1636) 23 This maner of gaining lands was in the first dayes, and is not now of use in England. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 183 [The jacks] boyld giue food no lesse pleasant..then doe the Date-stones of vse in Persia. 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words (E.D.S.) Paigle..is of use in Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, for a cowslip: cowslip with us signifying what is elsewhere called an oxslip. b. With modifying word. Used or usable to a specified extent, or in a specified context. ΚΠ 1533 Fabyans Cronycle (new ed.) I. ciii. f. xliv/2 Lotharius..gaue hym to huntynge and chace of wylde bestes, a game of great vse among all Frenche prynces. 1570 T. Norton & T. Sackville Tragidie Ferrex & Porrex ii. i. sig. Ciiiv In temperate breathing of the milder heauen, In thinges of nedefull vse. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋1 Thus it is apparent, that these things..are of most necessary vse. 1653 R. Sanderson Serm. Newport 6 Words..of very frequent use in the New Testament. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal (Cabinet Cycl.) II. 285 Articles of such universal use and importance. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 18 Implements..of household use. 1880 J. Britten Old Country & Farming Words p. xiv Others [sc. words] apparently of general use. 1906 J. Vinycomb Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art 177 The phoenix is of frequent use in heraldry. 1996 E. Tarlo Clothing Matters iv. 111 The National Council of Women..began making embroidered ready-made garments and items of household use which they hawked from house to house. c. Of service; useful, beneficial, or helpful. (a) With modifying word indicating extent. ΚΠ 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale f. v. 103v A Bee of diuers floures, that bee of their owne nature of smalle vse, gathereth the swetenes of her honie. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f.187 For their rarenes and great perfection, they [sc. perfect numbers] are of maruelous vse in magike, and in the secret part of philosophy. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 35 A Castle planted with great Ordnance and Ammunition, but of small vse. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxxvi It is a thing of great Use, and great Value. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 121. ¶2 Beasts and Birds..that are of Assistance and Use to Man. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 27 Some pieces of Callicoe, which were of the same Use as Money. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ii. 83 Snow is of great use in winter, as it protects vegetation from being nipped by severe frost. 1914 T. S. Eliot Let. 9 Nov. (1988) I. 68 I do not know whether any of my notes would be of the slightest use to you. 1949 C. Headlam Diary 31 Jan. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) xviii. 570 There is one non-speaking room but it is of no use to me as a workshop as smoking is verboten. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 151 My culinary education..and my rather privileged high school and college years were of little use to me behind a shellfish bar. (b) Without modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > useful [phrase] of (‥) utilityc1440 to one's purpose1565 of use?1591 ?1591 H. Barrow Brief Discouerie False Church 68 The precious word of God, wherof euerie iode and title abideth for euer, and is of vse and fruite in the church of God. 1603 R. Rogers Seuen Treat. Pref. sig. A6 (margin) It is of vse to all sorts of good christians, and that was one reason of setting it out. 1702 J. Raphson Math. Dict. Introd. 15 A Porime..is an easie Problem and almost self-evident, and which is of use for the Solution of more Difficult. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 282/1 Excision will be of use a considerable time after the bite is received. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xx. 280 To be of use Would pleasant Thoughts and heavenly Hopes produce. 1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 354 I had good reason to hope that I was being of use at Roost. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lii. 263 He knew that he could say nothing which would be of use. 1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 13 This book is..designed for the young inexperienced male, although there are certain suggestions about sexual technique that may be of use to women. 2003 F. Moody Seattle & Demons of Ambition 212 Something was wrong with the paper—the creative energy in the air was gone, as was the sense that we were doing something of use to the city. P10. Chiefly Scottish. to be in use: (with to and infinitive, or †of and gerund) to be in the habit of doing something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > in the habit (of) to be in use1504 in a way ofc1704 in the habit (habits) of doing1801 by way of1824 1504 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 601 That the said schirref was in vse of calling of the said landis..in thare courtis. 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 492 The Personis of Glasgow hes alwayis bene in use to furneis breid. 1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 389 He has bene in use of pament of the soume of fourtie pundis yeirlie. 1581 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 399 They wer nevir in use of setting of new takkis befoir the expyring of the auld. a1646 T. Hope Minor Practicks (1726) 26 The Executors..are in Use..to protest that [etc.]. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1761) II. 77 The respect, with which the Scots were in use to receive her ministers. 1780 Mirror No. 101 He too had been in use to talk of feeling and of sentiment. a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) ii. 44 I was in use of going to my father's on Saturdays. 1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 82 A multitude of distinguishable sources, out of which complexity is in use to arise. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. III. 608/2 The emperors were in use expressly to confer upon the universities the right of appointing doctors of laws. 1907 Sc. Law Reporter 43 152/1 The chips are in use to be cleared away by boys directed by the said foreman. P11. for use. a. With or having the aim of providing benefit. ΚΠ a1530 T. Lupset Treat. Charitie (1533) sig. 13v Holy scripture forbedeth vs nothynge, that is for vse or profytte. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxi. 296 To take, or touch with surreptitious Or violent hand, what there was left for vse. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 13 Since Time was given for Use, not Waste. 1875 Friends' Intelligencer 14 Aug. 390/1 Life is not given for waste... It is given for use. 2005 A. Harris Gender as Soft Assembly (2008) iv. 105 The body is for use, not display. b. With modifying word. Intended or designed for a specific purpose. ΚΠ 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. ii. 43 The prince will be but a steward hereof, seasonably to lay it out for publike vse. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 110 The Fleece, when drunk with Tyrian Juice, Is dearly sold; but not for needful use . View more context for this quotation 1896 Lucas Cyclealities 117 A small Hold-all for use with handle-bar carriers. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) xiv. 285 Haymaking is the traditional method of preserving grass and other fodder crops for winter use. 1968 J. McPhee Pine Barrens iii. 47 They dug the roots of wild indigo for medicinal use (wild indigo is, among other things, a stimulant). 2002 B. L. Fredenberg NIV Comm.: Ezekiel (College Press) 177 Lions inhabited Judah and were often captured to be killed or for recreational use. P12. to make (also take) (a) use of. a. To employ; to utilize. Also with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] noteOE take?a1160 turnc1175 usec1300 to fare witha1340 benote1340 spenda1400 usea1400 weara1400 naitc1400 occupy1423 to put (also set) in work?a1425 practise?c1430 apply1439 employ?1473 to call upon ——1477 help1489 tew1489 handle1509 exercise1526 improvea1529 serve1538 feed1540 enure1549 to make (also take) (a) use of1579 wield1601 adoperate1612 to avail oneself ofa1616 to avail oneself ofa1616 prevail1617 to make practice of1623 ploy1675 occasion1698 to call on ——1721 subserve1811 nuse1851 utilize1860 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xix. 1122 The Spaniardes brake vp the water conduit of Poggia Royall, and notwithstanding it was eftsones recouered, yet they coulde make no vse of it without great daunger. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 37 The most usuall and best way for tythinge of hey is..to make use of reade-weeds for wikes. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 55 Those that mind the making use of Chalk in their walls. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 62. ¶5 The Words Fire and Flame are made use of to signify Love. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 264 This bird's making use of the bed or nest of another to deposit its own brood in. 1823 M. Wilmot Let. 30 Apr. (1935) 188 My dearest Mother, do you not make use of a Bath Chair? 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 ii. 16 We made use of all our strength. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 3 May 2/1 Religion would gain greatly if the clergy would make a more sparing use of the blessing-in-disguise argument. 1926 Melody Maker Sept. 7 One popular ‘gig’ band makes use of a nicely printed booklet. 1958 M. L. King Stride toward Freedom 9 The nature of this account causes me to make frequent use of the pronoun ‘I’. 2005 Heritage Mar. 49/1 There's evidence that the conquering Roman army made use of the site. b. To use as an expedient; to profit from or take advantage of; to exploit (esp. for personal or sexual gain). ΚΠ 1584 R. Greenham Godlie Exhort. sig. Biiiv Parents hauing fooles, Children not walking either in knowledge or in a good conscience must make some vse of so iust a cause of griefe. 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue i. i At my chamber, where we may take free use of our selves, that is, drinke sack, and talke Satyre. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 66 Sir Protheus..Made vse, and faire aduantage of his daies. 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. 89 Let us make use of our time, lest they should chance to interrupt us. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. v. 257 The Devil..makes use of Scoundrels and Rabble, Beggars and Vagabonds. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 67 Made use of by artful and designing men. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvi. 411 A member of the house from which old Sedley had seceded was very glad to make use of Mr. Clapp's services. 1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved i. vi. 45 Perhaps she had only made use of him as a convenient aid to her intentions. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xxi. 321 It was Hickling's notion that I should make use of his precious uncle! 1976 A. Brink Instant in Wind (1979) 164 Not content merely to make use of the slave girls at his disposal on the farm. 2004 Prima Nov. 84/2 Make use of every inch of storage space by compartmentalizing cupboards and drawers with organisers and dividers. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > in use [phrase] > making use of in the use of1594 1594 Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1906) ii. 296 Robert Russell, william cortney, John grant nowe in the vse of Thomas heths brewary. P14. to have no use for and variants. a. To be without need of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > utterly to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, (etc.) at, by, ofc1374 not to set at a glovec1430 not to care (three skips of) a lousea1592 to have no use for1596 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1901 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject > as useless or unneeded to throw awaya1398 to have no use for1596 chuck1821 fling1847 scrap1902 scratch1923 pitch1968 toss1976 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. M A Gentleman..lent him an old veluet saddle, which when he had no vse for,..presently vntrusseth & pelts the out-side from the lining, and..with it he made him a case or couer for a dublet. 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. viii. ii. 201 Hiram hauing visited them, and not wel pleased with them, sent vnto Salomon to certifie him therof, that he had no vse for his cities. 1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. xxxvii Our Author calls them Figures to be lett: because the Picture has no use of them. 1767 W. Duff Ess. Orig. Genius ii. v. 282 An original Poetic Genius, possessing such innate treasure (if we may be allowed an unphilosophical expression) has no use for that which is derived from books. 1849 W. Gammell Hist. Amer. Baptist Missions vi. 48 In regard to your sacred books, his majesty has no use for them. 1882 Congress. Rec. 13 July 6015/1 He told them..that he had no further use for them, and they could go home, ashore, or to Halifax. 1955 W. Ley Salamanders i. 4 The olm is blind, having no use for eyes in the cold dark caves where it normally lives. 1997 Seattle Times (Nexis) 8 June b2 A newer mountain bike whose multiple gears he has little use for. b. Originally U.S. To have no respect, admiration, or patience for, to dislike. ΚΠ 1872 Harper's Mag. June 158/2 He was an obstinate fellow..and moreover, he ‘had no use for’ the defendant any way. 1887 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 46 I have no use for him—don't like him. 1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 771/1 Bülow..spoke his mind freely to his adjutant. ‘I have no use for Bernadotte,’ said he. a1903 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Last Hope (1904) xl The Marquis had..spoken in French, and the Captain had no use for that language. 1951 R. Harling Paper Balance (1952) 124 He had very little use for the Herald and none at all for the Mirror or the others. 1969 Listener 31 July 151/1 I know lots of Protestants who have small use for Roman Catholics. 1990 N.Y. Woman Apr. 60/3 I have no use for the old buzzards who try to tie me down with their rules and regulations. P15. to use: (of money) subject to fees of interest; at interest. Chiefly in to put a person's money (out) to use: to lend out a person's money at interest. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adverb] > at interest at, to, on, upon usurya1400 to use1598 upon usea1607 at use1609 on rent1609 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. B4 As heresie he shuns all merriment, And turn'd good husband, puts forth sighs to vse. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C2v I alas Lende out my labouring braines to vse, and sometimes For a drachma in the pound. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 158 I would not put my mony to use; but that it is against a Common wealth to keepe it. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies xviii. 235 They Buy, they Sell; they take to use, they put to use. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 149 We read, that Pompey put out his Money to Use. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 43 Two Florentine Brethren, who let out their Money to Use. 1785 R. Cumberland Nat. Son v. 82 You are my own son;—you have put my money out to use already. 1835 N. Webster Instructive & Entertaining Lessons for Youth lxv. 202 He puts his money to use, that is, he buys more land, or stock, or lends his money at interest,—in short, he makes his money produce some profit or income. 1851 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 366/1 They great-grandfather (though a lawyer), was religious and strict,..scrupled putting his money to use, and was of a sober conversation. 1922 H. Ford Life & Work ii. 40 Thus, the speculative financiers delude themselves that they are putting their money out to use. 1993 H. Hughes Hist. Romance vi. 96 A banker whose fortune has come from putting his wife's money to use is portrayed with approval. P16. Law. use and occupation: the right to occupy a property or land as a tenant; (also) the occupation of a property or land by a person who has no legal entitlement (esp. with the permission of the landowner but without an agreement for lease at a fixed rent). Also in use and occupancy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > beneficial use > specifically of land use and occupation1600 usufruction1846 usufruct1898 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlv. 1209 For his owne part, he could content himselfe with the use and occupation thereof, as a tenant in fee-ferme. 1738 Act 11 Geo. II c. 19 §14 In an Action on the case, for the Use and Occupation of what was so held or enjoyed. 1772 F. Buller Introd. Law Nisi Prius (new ed.) 136 In Case for Use and Occupation of an House by Permission of the Plaintiff. 1808 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius II. 1180 Chap. xxxvii.—Use and Occupation. 1918 Nation (N.Y.) 7 Feb. 165/1 A percentage..will be paid on a pro-rata basis for each day of lost use and occupancy. 1960 Internat. Law Rep. 23 849 A subordinate Court directed the appellants to pay to the respondent a certain sum as compensation for the use and occupation of premises in Rangoon. 1991 J. Beatson Use & Abuse Unjust Enrichment (2002) viii. 228 The defendant had been in possession of his former wife's farmhouse and she sought payment for his use and occupation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest > excessive use upon (also on) usea1618 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 91 You Citie-Vipers, that (incestuous) ioyne Vse vpon vse, begetting Coyne of Coyne.] a1618 W. Bradshaw Medit. Mans Mortalitie (1621) 67 When he comes to make vs glad, hee will pay vs usury, nay, use vpon use. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 27 No Eccho can improve the Author more, Whose lungs payes use on use to halfe a score. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 8 To famish in Plenty, and live poorly to dye Rich, were a multiplying improvement in Madness, and use upon use in Folly. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 389 I am become a mere Usurer; and want to make Use upon Use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adverb] > at interest at, to, on, upon usurya1400 to use1598 upon usea1607 at use1609 on rent1609 a1607 A. Dent Hand-maid of Repentance (1614) sig. B8 (heading) Takers of Mony vpon vse. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 251 Let him but take vp so much vpon Vse. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 353 Some doe give voluntarily, others doe lend frankly, or upon light use. 1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle ii. 99 The Loss of my Lord's Estate, in plain Rents, as also upon ordinary Use. P19. at use: (of money) loaned out at interest. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adverb] > at interest at, to, on, upon usurya1400 to use1598 upon usea1607 at use1609 on rent1609 1609 G. Markham Famous Whore sig. E A world of Ducats I had forth at vse, For vsurie I thought was no abuse. 1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. C4v Our last borrowed money is..at vse at sixteene. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 95 One Menalcas..took up money at use. 1713 J. Swift Part of 7th Epist. Horace Imitated 11 Is your Money out at use? 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 172 I had three hundred pounds at use. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xix. 293 If his honour had mair ready siller..he could put it out at use..at great profit. View more context for this quotation 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. 606 Money out at use. 1967 Michigan Law Rev. 66 111 The minimum annual yield necessary to cover operating costs, taxes and a return on the funds at use. 2000 D. E. Jenkins Market Whys & Human Wherefores (2004) xiii. 211 The nominal sums of money at use and at risk less and less directly related to any real assets. P20. Originally and chiefly British. to be neither use nor ornament and variants: to serve no purpose; to be useless or ineffectual. ΚΠ 1713 J. Barker Love Intrigues 53 Learning being neither of Use nor Ornament in our Sex. 1869 J. Vickers Tinker Æsop i. 1 Colonel Armstrong was of opinion, that visionary impractical political writers, like Mill and Carlyle, were of neither use nor ornament to the country. 1929 Great Southern Leader (Narrogin, Austral.) 21 June A slow and jibbing horse on a farm is like an idle pound in the bank—neither use nor ornament. 2005 C. Newbrook Ducks in Row 172 He's left for ‘personal reasons’. Just as well. He was neither use nor ornament. P21. humorous. for the use of: (following a noun phrase, in imitation of official inventory style) specifically intended for (someone) to use. ΚΠ 1917 ‘Sapper’ No Man's Land 56 When a man habitually calls an armchair, A chair, arm—officers, for the use of, one—his conversation is apt to become stilted. 1959 R. Postgate Every Man is God xxiii. 218 A Mallaby Deeley was a cheap mass-produced suit invented by a smart M.P. Ex-officers, out of work, for the use of. 1971 D. Francis Bonecrack iv. 44 There was..an armchair of sorts, visitors for the use of. 1995 R. C. Weyman In Love & War 9 I saw his army issue ‘pistol, officers for the use of’, at my stomach. < as lemmas |
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