USEFULLY
U'SEFULLY, adverb In such a manner as to produce or advance some end; as instruments or time usefully employed.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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USEFULNESS
U'SEFULNESS, noun Conduciveness to some end, properly to some valuable end; as the usefulness of canal navigation; the usefulness of machinery in manufactures.
USELESS
U'SELESS, adjective Having no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; as a useless garment; useless pity.
USELESSLY
U'SELESSLY, adverb In a useless manner; without profit or advantage.
USELESSNESS
U'SELESSNESS, noun Unserviceableness; unfitness for any valuable purpose, or for the purpose intended; as the uselessness of pleasure.
USER
U'SER, noun s as z. One who uses, treats or occupies.
USHER
USH'ER, noun1. Properly, an officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber or the like; hence, an officer whose business is to introduce strangers, or...
USHERED
USH'ERED, participle passive Introduced.
USHERING
USH'ERING, participle present tense Introducing, as a forerunner.
USQUEBAUGH
USQUEBAUGH, nounA compound distilled spirit. From this word, by corruption, we have whiskey.
USTION
US'TION, noun [Latin ustio, from uro, ustus, to burn.]The act of burning; the state of being burnt.
USTORIOUS
USTO'RIOUS, adjective [supra.] Having the quality of burning.
USTULATION
USTULA'TION, noun [Latin ustulatus.]1. The act of burning or searing.2. In metallurgy, ustulation is the operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur an...
USUAL
U'SUAL, adjective s as z. Customary; common; frequent; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events. Rainy weather is not usual in this climate.Consu...
USUALLY
U'SUALLY, adverb s as z. Commonly; customarily; ordinarily. Men usually find some excuse for their vices. It is usually as cold in North America in the fortieth degree of latitu...
USUALNESS
U'SUALNESS, noun s as z. Commonness; frequency.
USUCAPTION
USUCAP'TION, noun [Latin usus, use, and capio, to take.]In the civil law, the same as prescription in the common law; the acquisition of the title or right to property by the un...
USUFRUCT
U'SUFRUCT, noun [Latin usus, use, and fructus, fruit.]The temporary use and enjoyment of lands or tenements; or the right of receiving the fruits and profits of lands or other t...
USUFRUCTUARY
USUFRUCT'UARY, noun A person who has the use and enjoyment of property for a time, without having the title or property.
USURE
U'SURE, verb intransitive s as z. To practice usury. [Not in use.]
USURER
U'SURER, noun s as z. [See Usury.]1. Formerly, a person who lent money and took interest for it.2. In present usage, one who lends money at a rate of interest beyond the rate es...
USURIOUS
USU'RIOUS, adjective s as z.1. Practicing usury; taking exorbitant interest for the use of money; as a usurious person.2. Partaking of usury; containing usury; as a usurious con...
USURIOUSLY
USU'RIOUSLY, adverb In a usurious manner.
USURIOUSNESS
USU'RIOUSNESS, noun The state or quality of being usurious.
USURP
USURP', verb transitive s as z. [Latin usurpo.]To seize and hold in possession by force or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp...
USURPATION
USURPA'TION, noun [supra.] The act of seizing or occupying and enjoying the property of another, without right; as the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme powe...
USURPED
USURP'ED, participle passive Seized or occupied and enjoyed by violence, or without right.