To give an advantage to.

To be beneficial for; SYN. do good.

1. Help
2. To be useful to; avail

Chiefly Scottish; to be able or capable

1. To hire for work; to take into one's employment.
2. To use; to implement.

ETYM From Latin gaudere to rejoice.
1. To derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; SYN. bask, relish, savor, savour.
2. To have benefit from.
3. To have for one's benefit.

1. To put into service; make work; make use of of employ for a particular purpose:; SYN. utilize, utilise, apply, employ.
2. To seek or achieve an end by using
3. To take or consume (regularly)
4. To use up, consume fully; SYN. expend.

Alternate (chiefly British) spelling of utilize.

(Alternate spelling: utilise).
To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of.

1. To bring in; as of investments; SYN. pay, bear.
2. To cease opposition; stop fighting.
3. To consent reluctantly; SYN. give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under.
4. To give in, as to influence or pressure; SYN. relent, soften.
5. To be the cause or source of; SYN. give, afford.