(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
(transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
(transitive, intransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
(transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
use
use
noun
(Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
(obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
(uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
(uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
The act of using.
verb
(dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
(intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
(intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
(reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
(reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To accustom oneself.
(transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
(transitive) To exploit.
(transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
(transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
(transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
