Utilise
[ju:tilaiz]
Definition
v.t. to make useful: to put to profitable use.—adj. U′tilīsable.—ns. Utilisā′tion; U′tiliser; Util′ity usefulness: profit: a useful thing; Util′ity-man an actor of one of the least important parts in a play.
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Examples
- Bodies of water greater in amount than is desired to be raised can thus be utilised, and this simple machine has come into very extensive use during the present century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The recoil of the gun in both large and small arms is now utilised to expel the fired cartridge shell, and to withdraw a fresh one from its magazine and place it in position in the chamber. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The utilising of oils in the manufacture of oilcloth and linoleum and rubber, has become of great commercial value. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He also proposed to use vulcanised rubber, thus utilising the then very recent discovery of Goodyear of mixing sulphur with soft rubber, and to apply the same to the canvas lining. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His inventions in this line were directed to the best means of utilising and controlling the force of springs, his motto being _ut tensio sic vis_, (as the tension is so is the force. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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