use (v.) Copy link Outline I. To make u. of, employ1. ūtor, ūsus, 32. ăbūtor, 3 (to u. thoroughly, or u. with a notion of impropriety or wrong)3. ūsurpo, 14. adhĭbeo, 2 (to apply to a purpose)5. confĕro, 3 (with ad)6. in usum verto (to make anything serve a purpose for which it was not originally designed)7. hăbeo, 2 (rare in this sense)II. To treat1. tracto, 12. hăbeo, 2 • use (v.): I. To make u. of, employ: 1. ūtor, ūsus, 3: constr. with abl.: to u. the eyes, oculis u., Plaut. Epist. 1, 1, 4: to u. diligence and zeal, alacritate et studio u., Caes. B. G. 4, 24: u. your opportunities, utere temporibus, Ov. Trist. 4, 3, 83: we can u. the name metaphorically, in aliis rebus possumus u. vocabulo et nomine, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: to u. earnest entreaty, prece et obsecratione u., id. Inv. 1, 16, 22. 2. ăbūtor, 3 (to u. thoroughly, or u. with a notion of impropriety or wrong): we u. the keen scent of hounds for our own advantage, sagacitate canum ad nostram utilitatem a., Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: he uses all his wickedness and treachery for my ruin, omni suo scelere et perfidia a. ad meum exitium, id. Att. 3, 14. 3. ūsurpo, 1: I will u. an old word to express a new matter, inter novam rem verbum usurpabo vetus, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29: to u. a saying of Solon's, ut Solonis dictum usurpem, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 15. 4. adhĭbeo, 2 (to apply to a purpose): to u. all diligence for recovery, a. omnem diligentiam ad convalescendum, id. Fam. 16, 9: Caes. 5. confĕro, 3 (with ad): v. apply, devote. 6. in usum verto (to make anything serve a purpose for which it was not originally designed): v. convert. 7. hăbeo, 2 (rare in this sense): riches u.d with moderation, divitiae modeste habitae, Tac. Ann. 4, 44: Ov. II. To treat: 1. tracto, 1: a father badly u.d by his son, pater parum pie tractatus a filio, Cic. Coel. 2, 3: to u. you as you deserve, te, ut merita es de me, tractare, Plaut. Asin. 1, 3, 8. 2. hăbeo, 2: v. treat.