Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 33
Useful (a.) Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.
Useful (a.) (A2) 有用的，有效的；有助益的 Effective; helping you to do or achieve something.
// A good knife is probably one of the most useful things you can have in a kitchen.
Do the exercises serve any useful purpose?
Usefully (adv.) In a useful manner.
Usefulness (n.) The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
Useless (a.) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.
User (n.) One who uses.
User (n.) Enjoyment of property; use.
Usher (n.) An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. "The ushers and the squires." -- Chaucer.
These are the ushers of Marcius. -- Shak.
Note: There are various officers of this kind attached to the royal household in England, including the gentleman usher of the black rod, who attends in the House of Peers during the sessions of Parliament, and twelve or more gentlemen ushers. See Black rod.
Usher (n.) An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
Ushered (imp. & p. p.) of Usher
Ushering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Usher
Usher (v. t.) To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room.
The stars that usher evening rose. -- Milton.
The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forth the great genius of the author. -- Addison.
Usher (n.) Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656) [syn: Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher].
Usher (n.) An official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber [syn: usher, doorkeeper].
Usher (n.) Someone employed to conduct others [syn: usher, guide].
Usher (v.) Take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" [syn: usher, show].
USHER. This word is said to be derived from a huissier, and is the name of an inferior officer in some English courts of law Archb. Pr. 25.
Usherance (n.) The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. [Obs.] -- Shaftesbury.
Usherdom (n.) The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively. [R.]
Usherless (a.) Destitute of an usher. -- Marston.
Ushership (n.) The office of an usher; usherdom.
Usitative (a.) Denoting usual or customary action. "The usitative aorist." -- Alford.
Usnea (n.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
Usnea (n.) Widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus [syn: Usnea, genus Usnea].
Usnic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens ({Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).
Usquebaugh (a.) A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky.
The Scottish returns being vested in grouse, white hares, pickled salmon, and usquebaugh. -- Sir W. Scott.
Usquebaugh (a.) A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit, raisins, cinnamon and other spices. -- Brande & C.
Usself (n. pl.) Ourselves. [Obs.] -- Wyclif. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
Ustion (n.) The act of burning, or the state of being burned. [R.] -- Johnson.
Ustorious (a.) Having the quality of burning. [R.] -- I. Watts.
Ustulate (a.) Blackened as if burned.
Ustulation (n.) The act of burning or searing. [R.] -- Sir W. Petty.
Ustulation (n.) (Old Chem.) The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.
Ustulation (n.) (Pharm.) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.
Ustulation (n.) (Pharm.) The burning of wine.
Ustulation (n.) Lascivious passion; concupiscence. [Obs.]
It is not certain that they took the better part when they chose ustulation before marriage, expressly against the apostle. -- Jer. Taylor.
Usual (n.) Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. -- Hooker.
We can make friends of these usual enemies. -- Baxter. -- U"su*al*ly, adv. -- U"su*al*ness, n.
Usual (a.) Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime" [ant: unusual].
Usual (a.) Commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual].
Usucaption (n.) (Roman Law) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.
USUCAPTION, (Civil law.) The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law.
USUCAPTION, It differs from prescription, which has the same sense, and means, in addition, the manner of acquiring and losing, by the effect of time regulated by law, all sorts of rights and actions. Merl. Repert. mot Prescription, tom. xii. page 671; Ayl. Pand. 320; Wood's Inst. Civ. Law, 165; Lecons Elem. du Dr. Rom. Sec. 437; 1 Browne's Civ. Law, 264, n.; vattel, ii. 2, c. 2, Sec. 140.
Usufruct (n.) (Law) The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. -- Burrill.
Usufruct (n.) A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way.
USUFRUCT, (Civil law.) The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing.
USUFRUCT, The obligation of not altering the substance of the thing, however, takes place only in the case of a complete usufruct.
USUFRUCT, Usufructs are of two kinds; perfect and imperfect. Perfect usufruct, which is of things which the usufructuary can enjoy without altering their substance, though their substance may be diminished or deteriorated naturally by time or by the use to which they are applied; as a house, a piece of land, animals, furniture and other movable effects. Imperfect or quasi usufruct, which is of things which would be useless to the usufructuary if be did not consume and expend them, or change the substance of them, as money, grain, liquors. Civ. Code of Louis. art. 525, et seq.; 1 Browne's Civ. Law, 184; Poth. Tr. du Douaire, n. 194; Ayl. Pand. 319; Poth. Pand. tom. 6, p. 91; Lecons El. du Dr. Civ. Rom. 414 Inst. lib. 2, t. 4; Dig. lib. 7, t. 1, 1. 1 Code, lib. 3, t. 33; 1 Bouv. Inst. Theolo. pg. 1, c. 1, art. 2, p. 76.
Usufruct (n.) (Law) The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. -- Burrill.
Usufruct (n.) A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way.
USUFRUCT, (Civil law.) The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing.
USUFRUCT, The obligation of not altering the substance of the thing, however, takes place only in the case of a complete usufruct.
USUFRUCT, Usufructs are of two kinds; perfect and imperfect. Perfect usufruct, which is of things which the usufructuary can enjoy without altering their substance, though their substance may be diminished or deteriorated naturally by time or by the use to which they are applied; as a house, a piece of land, animals, furniture and other movable effects. Imperfect or quasi usufruct, which is of things which would be useless to the usufructuary if be did not consume and expend them, or change the substance of them, as money, grain, liquors. Civ. Code of Louis. art. 525, et seq.; 1 Browne's Civ. Law, 184; Poth. Tr. du Douaire, n. 194; Ayl. Pand. 319; Poth. Pand. tom. 6, p. 91; Lecons El. du Dr. Civ. Rom. 414 Inst. lib. 2, t. 4; Dig. lib. 7, t. 1, 1. 1 Code, lib. 3, t. 33; 1 Bouv. Inst. Theolo. pg. 1, c. 1, art. 2, p. 76.
Usufruct (n.) The right to use or enjoy something.
Usufruct (n.) The right to the use and enjoyment of another's property and its profits <a usufruct in the crops of the estate>; especially in the civil law of Louisiana : a personal servitude of limited duration that confers the right of use and full enjoyment of another's property and its fruits.
Usufructuary (n.) A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it.
Usufructuary (a.) Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct.
Usurarious (a.) Alt. of Usurary
Usurary (a.) Usurious.
Usured (imp. & p. p.) of Usure
Usuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Usure
Usure (v. i.) To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.
Usure (n.) Usury.
Usurer (n.) One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender.
Usurer (n.) One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.
Usurious (a.) Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
Usurious (a.) Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract.
Usurped (imp. & p. p.) of Usurp
Usurping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Usurp
Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
Usurp (v. i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
Usurpant (a.) Usurping; encroaching.
Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.
Usurpation (n.) Use; usage; custom.
Usurpatory (a.) Marked by usurpation; usurping.
Usurpature (n.) Usurpation.
Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
Usurpingly (adv.) In a usurping manner.
Usury (v. t.) A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
Usury (v. t.) The practice of taking interest.
Usury (v. t.) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
Ut (n.) The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by do. See Solmization.
Utas (n.) The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael.
Utas (n.) Hence, festivity; merriment.
Utensil (n.) That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
Utensil (n.) An implement for practical use (especially in a household).
Utensil (n.) [ C ] （尤指廚房或家用的）器具，用具 A tool with a particular use, especially in a kitchen or house.
// In the drawer was a selection of kitchen utensils - spoons, spatulas, knives, and whisks.
Uterine (a.) Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.
Uterine (a.) Born of the same mother, but by a different father.
Uterogestation (n.) Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.
Uterovaginal (n.) Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.
Uterus (n.) The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.
Uterus (n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.
Utes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.
Utia (n.) Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
Utica (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
Utile (v. t.) Profitable; useful.
Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
Utilitarian (n.) One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.
Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe.
Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.
Utility (n.) 效用，實用，功利 [U]；有用之物 [C] [P1]；公用事業；公用事業公司；公用事業公司股票 [C] [P1] The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
The utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless. -- Macaulay.
Utility (n.) (Polit. Econ.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in political economy should be called by that name and no other. -- F. A. Walker.
Utility (n.) Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism. -- J. S. Mill.
Syn: Usefulness; advantageous; benefit; profit; avail; service.
Usage: Utility, Usefulness. Usefulness has an Anglo-Saxon prefix, utility is Latin; and hence the former is used chiefly of things in the concrete, while the latter is employed more in a general and abstract sense. Thus, we speak of the utility of an invention, and the usefulness of the thing invented; of the utility of an institution, and the usefulness of an individual. So beauty and utility (not usefulness) are brought into comparison. Still, the words are often used interchangeably.
Utility (a.) 有多種用途的；通用的；實用的，經濟實惠的；為經濟利益而飼養的；公用事業的 Used of beef; usable but inferior [syn: utility(a), utility-grade].
Utility (a.) Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" [syn: utility(a), substitute(a)].
Utility (n.) A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation [syn: utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation].
Utility (n.) The quality of being of practical use [syn: utility, usefulness] [ant: inutility, unusefulness, uselessness].
Utility (n.) The service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane".
Utility (n.) (Economics) A measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice.
Utility (n.) (Computer science) A program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users" [syn: utility program, utility, service program].
Utility (n.) A facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities".
Utilizable (a.) 可利用的 Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.
Utilizable (a.) Capable of being put to a profitable or practical use.
Utilization (n.) 利用；使用 [U] The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
Utilization (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].
Utilization (n.) The state of having been made use of; "the rate of utilization".
Utilized (imp. & p. p.) of Utilize
Utilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Utilize
Utilize (v. t.) 【書】利用 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.
Utilize (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].
Utilize (v.) Convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust).
Uti possidetis () The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.
Uti possidetis () A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.
Utis (n.) See Utas.
Utlary (n.) Outlawry.
Utmost (a.) 最大的；最遠的；極度的 [Z] [B] Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
Utmost (a.) Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
Utmost (n.) 極限；極度；最大可能 [the S] The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
Utmost (a.) [ Before noun ] (Formal uttermost) (C1) 最大的；極度的 Used to emphasize how important or serious something is.
// A matter of the utmost importance.
The situation needs to be handled with the utmost care.
Utmost (n.) [ S ] (Formal uttermost) 最大量；最高程度 The greatest amount or degree possible.
// The new model of the car offers the utmost in power and performance.
Idiom:
Do/ try your utmost (C1) 盡最大努力；竭盡全力 To do something as well as you can by making a great effort.
// She did her utmost to finish on time.
Utopia (n.) An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Utopia (n.) Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
Utopian (a.) Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
Utopian (n.) An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
Utopianism (n.) The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
Utopianist (n.) An Utopian; an optimist.
Utopical (a.) Utopian; ideal.