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overutilization

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u⋅ti⋅lize

  [yoot-l-ahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -lized, -liz⋅ing.
to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
Also, especially British, u⋅ti⋅lise.

Origin:
1800–10; < F utiliser, equiv. to utile useful (see utile ) + -iser -ize

Related forms:
u⋅ti⋅liz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
u⋅ti⋅li⋅za⋅tion, noun
u⋅ti⋅liz⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
See use.
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Word Origin & History

utilize 
1807, from Fr. utiliser, from It. utilizzare, from utile "usable," from L. utilis "usable," from uti (see use). Utilization is first attested 1847.
"Utilize is fast antiquating improve, in the sense of 'turn to account.' " [Fitzedward Hall, "Modern English," 1873]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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