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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

U'TILIZE, v.t. To gain; to acquire. [Rare.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" [syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ]
2: convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-lized; -lizing) Etymology: French utiliser, from utile Date: 1807 to make use of ; turn to practical use or account <I'm a great person for utilizing waste power — Robert Frost> Synonyms: see use • utilizable adjective • utilization noun • utilizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) make practical use of; turn to account; use effectively. Derivatives: utilizable adj. utilization n. utilizer n. Etymology: F utiliser f. It. utilizzare (as UTILE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Utilize U"til*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Utilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing.] [Cf. F. utiliser.] To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities. In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. --Hawthorne.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(utilizes, utilizing, utilized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'utilise' If you utilize something, you use it. (FORMAL) Sound engineers utilize a range of techniques to enhance the quality of the recordings... Minerals can be absorbed and utilized by the body in a variety of different forms. = use VERB: V n, V n • utilization ...the utilisation of human resources. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n, n N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Put to use, make use of, make useful, turn to account, take advantage of.

Moby Thesaurus

apply, bestow, do with, employ, exercise, exert, exploit, handle, make use of, manage, manipulate, operate, play, ply, practice, process, procure materials, promote, stock, stock up, store, use, wield, work