[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

utilize \u"tilize\, 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.
   1913 webster

         in former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their
         numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . .
         dungeons.                                --hawthorne.
   1913 webster
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