utilise
Meaningto use
Common meaning: to make use of
- utilto use; usefulLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1946 · scan
- iseverb ending: to make, to do
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin ūtor ‘to use; useful’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ūtor, p. 1946 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ūtor, ūsus; ūtilis Latin “to use; useful”
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