Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. 
 put into service; 
 make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; 
- Example: "use your head!"- Example: "we only use Spanish at home"- Example: "I can't use this tool"- Example: "Apply a magnetic field here"- Example: "This thinking was applied to many projects"- Example: "How do you utilize this tool?"- Example: "I apply this rule to get good results"- Example: "use the plastic bags to store the food"- Example: "He doesn't know how to use a computer"[syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
utilise
    v 1: put into service; make work or employ for a particular
         purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your
         head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this
         tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was
         applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?";
         "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic
         bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a
         computer" [syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply,
         employ]