782; make away with &c. (destroy) 162;
cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle &c. (Render useless) 645.
     lie unemployed, remain unemployed &c.  Adj. 
     Adj. not used &c. v.; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent,
unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed[obs3], ungathered[obs3], unculled; uncalled for, not required.
     disused &c. v.; done with.

     #679.  Misuse. —­ N. misuse, misusage, misemployment[obs3],
misapplication, misappropriation.
     abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste &c. 638. 
     V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate.
     desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute; waste &c. 638; overtask,
overtax, overwork; squander &c. 818.
     cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut; catch
at a straw. 
     Adj. misused &c. v. 
     Phr. ludere cum sacris[Lat].

—­ p. 218 —­ % Section III.  VOLUNTARY ACTION

1.  Simple voluntary Action %

     #680.  Action. —­ N. action, performance; doing, &c. v.; perpetration;
exercise, excitation; movement, operation, evolution, work; labor &c. (exertion) 686; praxis, execution; procedure &c. (conduct) 692; handicraft; business &c. 625; agency &c. (power at work) 170.
     deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction[obs3], job,
doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d’etat[Fr]; tour de force &c. (display) 882; feat, exploit; achievement &c. (completion) 729; handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy &c. (plan) 626.
     actor &c. (doer) 690. 
     V. do, perform, execute; achieve &c. (complete) 729; transact, enact;
commit, perpetrate, inflict; exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play.
     employ oneself, ply one’s task; officiate, have in hand &c. (business)
625; labor &c. 686; be at work; pursue a course; shape one’s course &c. (conduct) 692.
     act, operate; take action, take steps; strike a blow, lift a finger,
stretch forth one’s hand; take in hand &c. (undertake) 676; put oneself in motion; put in practice; carry into execution &c. (complete) 729; act upon.
     be an actor &c. 690; take a part in, act a part in, play a part in,
perform a part in; participate in; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; have to do with; be a party to, be a participator in; bear a hand, lend a hand; pull an oar, run in a race; mix oneself up with &c. (meddle) 682.
     be in action; come into operation &c. (power at work) 170. 
     Adj. doing &c. v.; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in
operation &c. 170. 
     Adv. in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of; red-handed, in
flagrante delicto[Lat]; while one’s hand is in. 
     Phr. “action is eloquence” [Coriolanus]; actions speak louder than
words; actum aiunt ne agas [obs3][Lat][Terence]; “awake,