Synonyms for make use of
make use of

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1. make use of

   In general terms it may be said that to employ is to devote to one's purpose, to use is to render subservient to one's purpose; what is used is viewed as more absolutely an instrument than what is employed; a merchant employs a clerk; he uses pen and paper; as a rule, use is not said of persons, except in a degrading sense; as, the conspirators used him as a go-between. Hence the expression common in some religious circles "that God would use me" is not to be commended; it has also the fault of representing the human worker as absolutely a passive and helpless instrument; the phrase is altogether unscriptural; the Scripture says, "We are laborers together with (co-workers with) God." That which is used is often consumed in the using, or in familiar phrase used up; as, we used twenty tons of coal last winter; in such cases we could not substitute employ. A person may be employed in his own work or in that of another; in the latter case the service is always understood to be for pay. In this connection employ is a word of more dignity than hire; a general is employed in his country's service; a mercenary adventurer is hired to fight a tyrant's battles. It is unsuitable, according to present usage, to speak of hiring a pastor; the Scripture, indeed, says of the preacher, "The laborer is worthy of his hire;" but this sense is archaic, and hire now implies that the one hired works directly and primarily for the pay, as expressed in the noun "hireling;" a Pastor is properly said to be called, or when the business side of the transaction is referred to, engaged, or possibly employed, at a certain salary.

   Synonyms:
   call, employ, engage, engross, hire, use, use up

   Preposition:
   Employ in, on, upon, or about a work, business, etc.; for a purpose; at a stipulated salary.

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1. Xi Jinping:

   I think they know the plans of setting up the military to be ready to go, and to have plans to make use of the military, but I suspect Chinese President Xi Jinping has other plans in mind as well. And I have no idea if Chinese President Xi Jinping's made the ultimate decision.

2. Genevieve Casagrande:

   The air strikes definitely seek to give regime forces a tactical advantage the question is when they intend to make use of it.

3. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera:

   They make use of these websites to advertise their products... It's just an additional tool that these networks operate through trust, the criminal organizations have become more sophisticated in the marketing of their services.

4. Nansel Larson:

   Your time is precious if you make use of it at the appropriate way, moment and right place.

5. Henri Frdric Amiel:

   You desire to know the art of living, my friend It is contained in one phrase make use of suffering.