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To employ for some purpose; put into service; To avail oneself of; Apply to one's own purposes; To expend or consume in use: To treat or behave toward
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Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To employ for some purpose; put into service; To avail oneself of; Apply to one's own purposes; To expend or consume in use: To treat or behave toward. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: The act of putting into service; An instance or way of utilizing something.
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