Ū'til-īze, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. UTILIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. UTILIZING.] [Fr. utiliser, Sp. utilizar, It. utilizzare.] To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine, and the like.

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