Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. --Shak.
Some other means I have which may be used. --Milton.
2. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to
use a beast cruelly. ``I will use him well.'' --Shak.
How wouldst thou use me now? --Milton.
Cato has used me ill. --Addison.
3. To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use
diligence in business.
Use hospitality one to another. --1 Pet. iv.
9.
4. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice;
to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle;
as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to
hardships and danger.
I am so used in the fire to blow. --Chaucer.
Thou with thy compeers, Used to the yoke, draw'st
his triumphant wheels. --Milton.
{To use one's self}, to behave. [Obs.] ``Pray, forgive me, if
I have used myself unmannerly.'' --Shak.
{To use up}.
(a) To consume or exhaust by using; to leave nothing of;
as, to use up the supplies.
(b) To exhaust; to tire out; to leave no capacity of force
or use in; to overthrow; as, he was used up by
fatigue. [Colloq.]
Usage: {Use}, {Employ}. We use a thing, or make use of it,
when we derive from it some enjoyment or service. We
employ it when we turn that service into a particular
channel. We use words to express our general meaning;
we employ certain technical terms in reference to a
given subject. To make use of, implies passivity in
the thing; as, to make use of a pen; and hence there
is often a material difference between the two words
when applied to persons. To speak of ``making use of
another'' generally implies a degrading idea, as if we
had used him as a tool; while employ has no such
sense. A confidential friend is employed to negotiate;
an inferior agent is made use of on an intrigue.
I would, my son, that thou wouldst use the power
Which thy discretion gives thee, to control And
manage all. --Cowper.
To study nature will thy time employ: Knowledge
and innocence are perfect joy. --Dryden.