reusen.
/ˌriːˈjuːs/, U.S. /riˈjus/ Second or further use; an instance of this. Cf. reusage n.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > re-use
re-employment1625
reuse1838
reutilization1860
recycling1925
recycle1961
1838 Extra Globe (Washington, D.C.) 23 Aug. 341/2 The re-use of ‘old wrappers and cut twine’, will save only a few thousands of dollars.
1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 650 The water is pumped up to the stamps again for re-use.
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Feb. 14/4 ‘Reprocessed’..should be applied to wool made into a fibrous state for reuse.
1970 Engin. & Med. 139 The needles..will last for hundreds of reuses.
2008 Computer Weekly 2 Sept. 27/4 Because it is costing £4.75bn to collect the LHC data, it would be profligate not to allow reuse.
Compounds
General attributive.Some examples may be interpreted as compounds of reuse v.
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1941 R. A. Martino Standardization Activities National Techn. & Trade Organizations (U.S. National Bureau Standards, Misc. Publ. M169) iii. 112 This is particularly important because for [sic] the re-use feature of practically all of this class of bottle.
1957 Encycl. Brit. X. 618/2 The erase and re-use features of magnetic recordings are important economic advantages in many commercial applications [of tape recorders].
1998 Town & Country Planning 67 31/2 Airbases such as Alconbury in Cambridgeshire and Manston in Kent are at different stages in the re-use process but both are being considered for air freight multi-modal logistic facilities.
2007 Church Times 25 May 7/2 Most respondents were in favour of pursuing a re-use option for burial grounds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
reusev.
/ˌriːˈjuːz/, U.S. /riˈjuz/ transitive. To use for a second or further time; to make use of again.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > re-use
reuse1797
reutilize1863
recycle1969
1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (rev. ed.) I. at Forgery The re-using them [sc. stamps] is made single Felony..punishable with 7 years transportation.
1817 J. Britton Hist. Antiq. Cathedral Church of Winchester ii. 61 Sculpture of a very singular pattern, which is so situated that it can hardly be considered as the accidental application of old materials re-used.
1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 304/1 The water is to be re-used for forming the solution.
1889 D. Hannay Life F. Marryat 85 He had to rely on his power of re-using well-worn materials.
1938 Art. Bull. 20 20 Titian liked the composition and reused for his picture the working drawing.
1969 V. Karageorghis Cyprus iii. 152 The same tomb was re-used by cutting a passage through the filling of the dromos of the first burial.
2008 E Jan.–Feb. 64/1 Health advocates also recommend not reusing bottles made from plastic #1.
Derivatives
re-ˈused adj.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > re-used
re-used1849
recycled1970
1849 Christian Remembrancer July 25 The re-used slabs of cuneiform inscriptions at Nineveh.
1963 I. N. Hume Here lies Virginia vii. 154 The cottage's position indicates that the reused colonial foundations are possibly those of an ordinary run by shipwright Abraham Archer.
2007 Eve July 230/2 When buying homeware products, look for ones made from sustainable or re-used materials.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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