Utilizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Utilized}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Utilizing}.] [Cf. F. utiliser.]
     To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make
     use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to
     utilize one's opportunities.
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           In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their
           numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . .
           dungeons.                                --Hawthorne.
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