use sb. (obsolete or archaic uses)
1.
habitual
practice, custom
Meas. I. iv. 62
“use and liberty”
(=licentious practice),
Mer.V. IV. i. 269
“it is still her”
(viz. Fortune's) “use
To let the wretched man outlive his wealth,”
All'sW. V. i. 24
“with more haste Than is
his use,”
Tim. I. i. 292
“a return exceeding All
use of quittance,”
Oth. IV. i. 285
“Is it his use?”
; pl. usages, ways
Ham. I. ii. 134
“all the uses of this
world,”
Oth. IV. iii. 107 (Q1
“vsage”).
2.
common experience
Cæs. II. ii. 25
“beyond all use,”
III. i. 265
“so in use”
(=of such common occurrence),
Mac. I. iii. 137
“Against the use of
nature.”
3.
profit, advantage
John V. iv. 27
“What in the world
should make me now deceive, Since I must
lose the use of all deceit?,”
H8 III. ii. 421
“make use”
(=take advantage of the opportunity).
4.
interest on something
lent Meas. I. i. 40,
Ado II. i. 290
“he lent it me awhile;
and I gave him use for it,”
Sonn. vi. 5, cxxxiv. 10; phr. “put to use”
Tw.N. III. i. 58, Ven. 768.
6.
“in use,” in trust Mer.V. IV. i. 384, Ant. I. iii. 44*.