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noun

• the act of using

• what something is used for

• a particular service

• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

• (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

• exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

• (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

verb

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• take or consume (regularly or habitually)

• use up, consume fully

• seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage

• avail oneself to

• habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)

33%7 Surname of the creator of the comic strip 'Patsy and the Pals'
noun

• a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)

• a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

• English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

• English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)

• United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)

33%7A term for a dupe or patsy
noun

• a person who lacks good judgment

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