#676.  Undertaking. —­ N. undertaking; compact &c. 769; adventure,
venture; engagement &c. (promise) 768; enterprise, emprise[obs3]; pilgrimage; matter in hand &c. (business ) 625; move; first move &c. (beginning) 66. 
     V. undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge into;
volunteer; apprentice oneself to; engage &c. (promise) 768; contract &c. 769; take upon oneself, take upon one’s shoulders; devote oneself to &c. (determination) 604.
     take up, take in hand; tackle; set about, go about; set to, fall to,
set to work; launch forth; set up shop; put in hand, put in execution; set forward; break the neck of a business, be in, for; put one’s hand to, put one’s foot in; betake oneself to, turn one’s hand to, go to do; begin &c. 66; broach, institute &c. one’s (originate) 153; put one’s hand to the plow, lay one’s hand to the plow, put one’s shoulder to the wheel.
     have in hand &c. (business) 625; have many irons in the fire &c.
(activity) 682. 
     Adj. undertaking &c. v.; on the anvil &c. 625. 
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     #677.  Use. —­ N. use; employ, employment; exercise,
exercitation[obs3]; application, appliance; adhibition[obs3], disposal; consumption; agency &c. (physical) 170; usufruct; usefulness &c. 644; benefit; recourse, resort, avail.
     [Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear.
     [Way of using] usage. 
     V. use,.make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in
operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work.
     ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise,
practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one’s hands on, try.
     render useful &c. 644; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to
use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit[obs3], dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat’s-paw of.
     fall back upon, make a shift with; make the most of, make the best of.
     use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to
task. 
     Adj. in use; used &c. v.; well-worn, well-trodden.
     useful &c. 644; subservient &c. (instrumental) 631.

     #678.  Disuse. —­ N. forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment
&c. 782; desuetude &c. (want of habit) 614; disusage[obs3]. 
     V. not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear,
abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard &c. (eject) 297; dismiss, give warning.
     throw aside &c. (relinquish)