Use

Use
Use Use, v. i. 1. 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.'' [1913 Webster]

They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Fears use to be represented in an imaginary. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the fire in the room. --South. [1913 Webster]

Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp. --Ex. xxxiii. 7 (Rev. Ver.) [1913 Webster]

2. To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of. [Obs.] ``Where never foot did use.'' --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

He useth every day to a merchant's house. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


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