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Utilized

Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Utilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing.] [Cf. F. utiliser.] To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons.
--Hawthorne.

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utilized
  1. Being used. alt. Being used. v

  2. (en-past of: utilize)

WordNet
utilized

adj. put to use [syn: utilised]

Usage examples of "utilized".

The stairs were also utilized to see who could get to the top and back fastest - preferably without breaking a leg.

Parts of the wrecked transport had been utilized to make a fair-sized shelter nearby, and the returning explorers had no trouble identifying it as 'headquarters' from the flow of people in and out.

While purporting to be a law-enforcement body independent of the legislative and executive branches, in reality it is little more than a political tool utilized by corrupt leaders to cover up high crimes and intimidate and imprison whistle-blowers.

She did wear remedial contacts for light sensitivity and, Helva noticed on fine vision, the girl also utilized a skin film so artfully ap plied that only magnification detected it.

That Temple female had utilized one to second Noneth's commands to Kira.

Only 'smell' was also a novel sensation to Helva, who had utilized gauges all her life instead of the olfactory sense.

An opportunity like this, to gain first-hand knowledge of a Hiver world, should be utilized to the fullest extent possible.

The first niche held a fan of minute shards of a pale-pink crystal, the sort probably utilized as computer chips or transducers.

The colorful buildings set up above the harbor behind sturdy sea walls utilized manmade materials and modernistic surfaces in some sort of tough, textured plastic and a good deal of plasglas so no vista would be hidden from the occupiers.

Fort Hold had utilized the skills of runners for many tasks, especially during Threadfall when runners had accompanied all ground crews, vital as couriers in emergencies.

Over a midday meal, Piemur told them at some length how he utilized Farli’s wings and Stupid’s sturdiness to make them a team.

Certainly the accumulated knowledge of Harper, Weyrleader, and Lord Warder was utilized to its fullest in the rebirth and administration of Landing.

Even the technology that must be utilized to thwart the return of the wanderer planet will be of the same level as your ancestors'.

There may be other scientifically advanced methods now available to Earth scientists that could be utilized if there were still communication between this planet and Earth.

The large Telgar Gather pits had been utilized to feed those who had begun arriving the day before.