utilized

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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utilize or utilise (ˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz)

—vb
	(tr) to make practical or worthwhile use of

utilise or utilise

—vb

'utilizable or utilise

—*adj*

'utilisable or utilise

—*adj*

utili'zation or utilise

—n

utili'sation or utilise

—n

'utilizer or utilise

—n

'utiliser or utilise

—n

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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]

Example sentences

Profit is the residual that results if the value of the services created

exceeds the cost of the resources utilized.

The music is loud, and in some areas, bright strobes are utilized.

Series examines the science and forensics utilized in criminal investigations.

Outer and old stalks of celery may be utilized for soups.

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Matching Quote

"There is a Restlessness springing from the consciousness of power not fully utilized, which must be present wherever there is unused power of whatever kind. This is the restlessness of the germ within the seed, struggling upward and downward towards its proper life. ... it is a striving full of pain, the cutting of tender flesh by the fetters of the captive as he struggles against their pitilessness."

-Anna C. Brackett