in use

Adjective
Synonyms: busyengaged

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)“her line is busy”“receptionists' telephones are always engaged”“the lavatory is in use”“kept getting a busy signal”Synonyms: busyengagedOpposite unoccupiedSimilar occupied
  2. currently being used“robots are in use throughout industry”Opposite misusedSimilar used
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In use

. (a) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b) In heat; — said especially of mares. John Henry Walsh

From the entry Use.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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