Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 32
Uro- () A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine.
Uro- () A combining form from Gr. o'yra`, the tail, the caudal extremity.
Urobilin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.
Urobilin (n.) Brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine.
Urocele (n.) (Med.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
Urocele (n.) Extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac.
Urocerata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.
Urochord (n.) (Zool.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. [Written also urocord.] Urochorda
Urochord (n.) Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva [syn: tunicate, urochordate, urochord].
Urochord (n.) A notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region.
Urochorda (prop. n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Tunicata.
Urochorda (n.) Tunicates [syn: Urochordata, subphylum Urochordata, Urochorda, subphylum Urochorda, Tunicata, subphylum Tunicata].
Urochordal (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
Urochrome (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.
Urochs (n.) (Zool.) See Aurochs.
Urochord (n.) (Zool.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. [Written also urocord.] Urochorda
Urochord (n.) Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva [syn: tunicate, urochordate, urochord].
Urochord (n.) A notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region.
Urocord (n.) (Zool.) See Urochord.
Urocyst (n.) (Anat.) The urinary bladder.
Urodela (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.
Urodele (n.) (Zool.) One of the Urodela.
Urodele (n.) Amphibians that resemble lizards [syn: urodele, caudate].
Urodelian (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Urodela.
Urodelian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Urodela.
Uroerythrin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.
Urogastric (a.) (Zool.) Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.
Urogenital (a.) (Anat.) Same as Urinogenital.
Urogenital (a.) Of or relating to the urinary and reproductive systems.
Uroglaucin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.
Urohaematin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.
Urohyal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.
Urohyal (n.) A urohyal bone or cartilage.
Urology (n.) (Med.) See Uronology.
Compare: Uronology
Uronology (n.) (Med.) That part of medicine which treats of urine. -- Dunglison.
Urology (n.) The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system [syn: urology, urogenital medicine].
Uromere (n.) (Zool.) Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.
Uronology (n.) (Med.) That part of medicine which treats of urine. -- Dunglison.
Uropod (n.) (Zool.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.
Uropodal (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a uropod.
Uropoetic (a.) (Med.) Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.
Uropoetic (a.) (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.
Uropygial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds.
Uropygial gland, A peculiar sebaceous gland at the base of the tail feathers in most birds. It secretes an oily fluid which is spread over the feathers by preening.
Uropygium (n.) (Anat.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose.
Uropygium (n.) Posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow.
Urosacral (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebrae of birds.
Uroscopy (n.) The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. -- Sir T. Browne.
Urosome (n.) (Zool.) The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.
Urostege (n.) (Zool.) One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.
Urostea (n. pl. ) of Urosteon.
Urosteons (n. pl. ) of Urosteon.
Urosteon (n.) (Anat.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
Urosternite (n.) (Zool.) The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.
Urostyle (n.) (Anat.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.
Urox (n.) (Zool.) The aurochs.
Uroxanate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of uroxanic acid.
Uroxanic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
Compare: Indican
Indican (n.) [See Indigo.] (Chem.) A glucoside ({C14H17NO6) obtained from woad (indigo plant, Isatis Tinctoria) and other plants (see indigo), as a yellow or light brown sirup. When purified it is obtained as spear-shaped crystals. It has a nauseous bitter taste. By the action of acids, enzymes, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo. Chemically it is the 3-glucoside of indole, H-indol-3-yl-[beta]-D-glucopyranoside.
Indican (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin.
Uroxanthin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Indican.
Urrhodin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin.
Urry (n.) A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.
Ursa (n.) (Astron.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.
Ursa Major [L.], The Great Bear, one of the most conspicuous of the northern constellations. It is situated near the pole, and contains the stars which form the Dipper, or Charles's Wain, two of which are the Pointers, or stars which point towards the North Star.
Ursa Minor [L.], The Little Bear, the constellation nearest the north pole. It contains the north star, or polestar, which is situated in the extremity of the tail.
Ursa, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 595
Housing Units (2000): 261
Land area (2000): 0.681639 sq. miles (1.765437 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.681639 sq. miles (1.765437 sq. km)
FIPS code: 77044
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.074653 N, 91.370776 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62376
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Ursal (n.) (Zool.)
The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.
Ursiform (a.) Having the shape of a bear.
Ursine (a.) Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.
Ursine baboon. (Zool.) See Chacma.
Ursine dasyure (Zool.), The Tasmanian devil.
Ursine howler (Zool.), The araguato. See Illust. under
Howler.
Ursine seal. (Zool.) See Sea bear, and the Note under 1st Seal.
Ursine (a.) Of or relating to or similar to bears.
Urson
(n.)
(Zool.) The
Ursuk (n.) (Zool.) The bearded seal.
Ursula (n.) (Zool.) A beautiful North American butterfly ({Basilarchia astyanax syn. Limenitis astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.
Ursuline
(n.) (R.
C. Ch.) One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at
Ursuline (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.
Ursus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
Ursus (n.) Type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears [syn: Ursus, genus Ursus].
Urtica (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
Urtica (n.) A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax [syn: Urtica, genus Urtica].
Urticaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.
Urtical (a.) Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.
Urticaria (n.) [NL. See Urtica.] (Med.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
Urticaria (n.) An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs [syn: urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle rash].
Urticated (imp. & p. p.) of Urticate.
Urticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Urticate.
Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. -- G. A. Sala.
Urticate (v.) Whip with or as with nettles.
Urticate (v.) Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation [syn: nettle, urticate].
Urtication (n.) (Med.) The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
Urtication (n.) An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs [syn: urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle rash].
Urtication (n.) A sensation of having been stung by nettles.
Urubu (n.) (Zool.) The
black vulture ({Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States
to
Urumqi (also Urumchi) (n.) (Proper noun) 烏魯木齊市 The capital of Xinjiang autonomous region in northwestern China; population 1,504,300 (est. 2006).
Urus (n.) (Zool.) A very large,
powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal ({Bos urus or Bos primigenius)
anciently abundant in
Urus (n.) Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: aurochs, urus, Bos primigenius].
Urva (n.) [NL.] (Zool.) The
crab-eating ichneumon ({Herpestes urva), native of
Compare: I
I, (pron.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We. "Tell us a tale." -- Chaucer.
Give us this day our daily bread. -- Matt. vi. 11.
Compare: We
We (pron.; pl. of I.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb.
Note: We is frequently used to express men in general, including the speaker. We is also often used by individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The plural style is also in use among kings and other sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John of England. Before that time, monarchs used the singular number in their edicts. The German and the French sovereigns followed the example of King John in a. d. 1200.
US (n.) North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]
US, () Unit Separator (BTX, VPCE) Unit Separator.
US, () (US) ASCII character 31. (1996-06-29)
US, () The country code for the United States.
Usually used only by schools, libraries, and some state and local governments. Other US sites, and many international ones, use the non-national top-level domains .com, .edu etc. (1999-01-27)
Usable (a.) Capable of being used.
Usable (a.) Capable of being put to use; "usable byproducts" [syn: useable, usable].
Usable (a.) Fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order" [syn: functional, usable, useable, operable, operational].
Usable (a.) Convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space" [syn: available, usable, useable].
Usage (n.) The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
My brother Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands He hath good usage and great liberty. -- Shak.
Usage (n.) Manners; conduct; behavior. [Obs.]
A gentle nymph was found, Hight Astery, excelling all the crew In courteous usage. -- Spenser.
Usage (n.) Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method. -- Chaucer.
It has now been, during many years, the grave and decorous usage of Parliaments to hear, in respectful silence, all expressions, acceptable or unacceptable, which are uttered from the throne. -- Macaulay.
Usage (n.) Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
Usage (n.) Experience. [Obs.]
In eld [old age] is both wisdom and usage. -- Chaucer.
Syn: Custom; use; habit.
Usage: Usage, Custom. These words, as here compared, agree in expressing the idea of habitual practice; but a custom is not necessarily a usage. A custom may belong to many, or to a single individual. A usage properly belongs to the great body of a people. Hence, we speak of usage, not of custom, as the law of language. Again, a custom is merely that which has been often repeated, so as to have become, in a good degree, established. A usage must be both often repeated and of long standing. Hence, we speak of a "hew custom," but not of a "new usage." Thus, also, the "customs of society" is not so strong an expression as the "usages of society." "Custom, a greater power than nature, seldom fails to make them worship." --Locke. "Of things once received and confirmed by use, long usage is a law sufficient." -- Hooker. In law, the words usage and custom are often used interchangeably, but the word custom also has a technical and restricted sense. See Custom, n., 3.
Usage (n.) The act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise].
Usage (n.) Accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage, usance].
Usage (n.) The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French."
Usage. () Long and uniform practice. In its most extensive meaning this term includes custom and prescription, though it differs from them in a narrower sense, it is applied to the habits, modes, and course of dealing which are observed in trade generally, as to all mercantile transactions, or to some particular branches of trade.
Usage. () Usage of trade does not require to be immemorial to establish it; if it be known, certain, uniform, reasonable, and not contrary to law, it is sufficient. But evidence of a few instances that such a thing has been done does not establish a usage. 3 Watts, 178; 3 Wash. C. C. R. 150; 1 Gallis. 443; 5 Binn. 287; 9 Pick. 426; 4 B. & Ald. 210; 7 Pet. 1; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 7.
Usage. () The usages of trade afford ground upon which a proper construction may be given to contracts. By their aid the indeterminate intention of parties and the nature and extent of their contracts arising from mere implications or presumptions, and act of an equivocal character may be ascertained; and the meaning of words and doubtful expressions may become known. 2 Mete. 65; 2 Sumn. 569; 2 G. & J. 136; 13 Pick. 182; Story on Ag. Sec. 77; 2 Kent, Com. 662, 3d ed.; 5 Wheat. 326; 2 Car. & P. 525; 3 B. & Ald. 728; Park. on Ins. 30; 1 Marsh. Ins. 186, n. 20; 1 Caines, 45 Gilp. 356, 486; 1 Edw. Ch. R. 146; 1 N. & M. 519; 15 Mass. 433; 1 Rill, R. 270; Wright, R. 573; Pet. C. C. R. 230; 5 Hamm. 436 6 Pet. 715; 2 Pet. 148; 6 Porter, 123 1 Hall, 612; 9 Mass. 155; 9 Wheat. 582 11 Wheat. 430; 1 Pet. 25, 89.
Usage. () Courts will not readily adopt these usages, because they are not unfrequently founded in mistake. 2 Sumn. 377. See 3 Chitt. Pr. 55; Story, Confl. of Laws, Sec. 270; 1 Dall. 178; Vaugh. 169, 383; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Usage, (n.) The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion.
Usager (n.) [F. usager.] One who has the use of anything in trust for another. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
Usance (n.) Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Usance (n.) Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] -- Gower. Chaucer.
Usance (n.) Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Usance
(n.)
(Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when
a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on
Usance (n.) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
Usance (n.) (Economics) The utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services].
Usance (n.) Accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage, usance].
Usance, () commercial law. The term usance comes from usage, and signifies the time which by usage or custom is allowed in certain countries, for the payment of a bill of exchange. Poth. Contr. du Change, n. 15.
Usance, () The time of one, two or three mouths after the date of the bill, according to the custom of the places between which the exchanges run.
Usance, () Double or treble is double or treble the usual time, and half usance is half the time. Where it is necessary to divide a month upon a half usance, which is the case when the usance is for one month or three, the division, notwithstanding the difference in the length of the months, contains fifteen days.
Usant (a.) [OF.] Using; accustomed. [Obs.] "Usant for to steal." -- Chaucer. Usbegs
Usbegs (n. pl.) Alt. of Usbeks.
Usbeks
(n. pl.)
(Ethnol.) A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century
conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called
Use (n.) The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
Books can never teach the use of books. -- Bacon.
This Davy serves you for good uses. -- Shak.
When he framed All things to man's delightful use. -- Milton.
Use (n.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book. -- Shak.
Use (n.) Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
God made two great lights, great for their use To man. -- Milton.
'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. -- Pope.
Use (n.) Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
Let later age that noble use envy. -- Spenser.
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! -- Shak.
Use (n.) Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]
O Caesar! these things are beyond all use. -- Shak.
Use (n.) (Eccl.) The
special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or
From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use. -- Pref. to Book of Common Prayer.
Use (n.) The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]
Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him. -- Jer. Taylor.
Use (n.) (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
Use (n.) (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
Contingent use, or Springing use (Law), A use to come into operation on a future uncertain event.
In use. (a) In employment; in customary practice observance.
In use. (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. -- J. H. Walsh.
Of no use, Useless; of no advantage.
Of use, Useful; of advantage; profitable.
Out of use, Not in employment.
Resulting use (Law), A use, which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration.
Secondary use, or Shifting use, A use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. -- Blackstone.
Statute of uses (Eng. Law), The stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession.
To make use of, To put to use, To employ; to derive service from; to use.
Used (imp. & p. p.) of Use.
Using (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Use.
Use (v. t.) To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. -- Shak.
Some other means I have which may be used. -- Milton.
Use (v. t.) 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.
Use (v. t.) To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
Use hospitality one to another. -- 1 Pet. iv. 9.
Use (v. t.) 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.
To use up (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.]
Syn: Employ.
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.
Use (v. i.) To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone. -- Spenser.
Fears use to be represented in an imaginary. -- Bacon.
Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the fire in the room. -- South.
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp. -- Ex. xxxiii. 7 (Rev. Ver.)
Use (v. i.) To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of. [Obs.] "Where never foot did use." -- Spenser.
He useth every day to a merchant's house. -- B. Jonson.
Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. -- Milton.
Use (n.) The act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise].
Use (n.) What something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: function, purpose, role, use].
Use (n.) A particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses."
Use (n.) (Economics) The utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services].
Use (n.) (Psychology) An automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" [syn: habit, use].
Use (n.) Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" [syn: manipulation, use].
Use (n.) (Law) The exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat" [syn: use, enjoyment].
Use (v.) 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].
Use (v.) Take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely" [syn: use, habituate].
Use (v.) Use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" [syn: use, expend].
Use (v.) Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections."
Use (v.) Avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" [syn: practice, apply, use].
Use (v.) Habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas."
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USE, () estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. Plowd. 352; Gilb. on Uses, 1; Bac. Tr. 150, 306; Cornish on Uses, 1 3; 1 Fonb. Eq. 363; 2 Id. 7; Sanders on Uses, 2; Co. Litt. 272, b; 1 Co. 121; 2 Bl. Com. 328; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1885, et seq.
USE, () In order to create a use, there must always be a good Consideration; though, when once raised, it may be passed by grant to a stranger, without consideration. Doct. & Stu., Dial. ch. 22, 23; Rob. Fr. Conv. 87, n.
USE, () Uses were borrowed from the fidei commissum (q.v.) of the civil law; it was the duty of a Roman magistrate, the praetor fidei commissarius, whom Bacon terms the particular chancellor for uses, to enforce the observance of this confidence. Inst. 2, 23, 2.
USE, () Uses were introduced into England by the ecclesiastics in the reign of Edward Ill or Richard II, for the purpose of avoiding the statutes of mortmain; and the clerical chancellors of those times held them to be fidei commissa, and binding in conscience. To obviate many inconveniencies and difficulties, which had arisen out of the doctrine and introduction of uses, the statute of 274 Henry VIII, c. 10, commonly called the statute of uses, or in conveyances and pleadings, the statute for transferring uses into possession, was passed. It enacts, that "when any person shall be seised of lands, &c., to the use, confidence or trust of any other person or body politic, the person or corporation entitled to the use in fee simple, fee tail, for life, or years, or otherwise, shall from thenceforth stand and be seised or possessed of the land, &c., of and in the like estate as they have in the use, trust or confidence; and that the estates of the persons so seised to the uses, shall be deemed to be in him or them that have the use, in such quality, manner, form and condition, as they had before in the use."
The statute thus executes the use; that is, it conveys the possession to the use, and transfers the use to the possession; and, in this manner, making the cestui que use complete owner of the lands and tenements, as well at law as in equity. 2 Bl. Com. 333; 1 Saund. 254, note 6.
USE, () A modern use has been defined to be an estate of right, which is acquired through the operation of the statute of 27 Hen. VIII., c. 10; and which, when it may take effect according to the rules of the common law, is called the legal estate; and when it may not, is denominated a use, with a term descriptive of its modification. Cornish on Uses, 35.
USE, () The common law judges decided, in the construction of this statute, that a use could not be raised upon a use; Dyer, 155 A; and that on a feoffment to A and his heirs, to the use of B and his heirs, in trust for C and his heirs, the statute executed only the first use, and that the second was a mere nullity. The judges also held that, as the statute mentioned only such persons as were seised to the use of others, it did not extend to a term of years, or other chattel interests, of which a termor is not seised but only possessed. Bac. Tr. 336; Poph. 76; Dyer, 369; 2 Bl. Com. 336; The rigid literal construction of the statute by the courts of law again opened the doors of the chancery courts. 1 Madd. Ch. 448, 450.
USE, () civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy. 1 Browne's Civ. Law, 184; Lecons Elem. du Dr. Civ. Rom. Sec. 414, 416.