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Main Entry:
consume  [kuhn-soom]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: use up
Synonyms: absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out
Antonyms: accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store
Main Entry: invoke
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put into effect
Synonyms: apply, call in, effect, enforce, have recourse to, implement, initiate, resort to, use
Notes: invoke is to call upon or appeal to something or someone for help or inspiration, while evoke is to bring or call something to the conscious mind; evoke is from Latin evocare 'to call out' while invoke is from invocare 'to call on'
Main Entry: treat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act, behave towards
Synonyms: account, act with regard to, appraise, conduct, conduct oneself toward, consider, deal with*, employ, estimate, evaluate, handle, have business with, have recourse to, have to do with, hold, look upon, manage, negotiate, play, rate, react toward, regard, respect, serve, take, use, value, wield
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: utilize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make use of
Synonyms: advance, apply, appropriate, avail oneself of, bestow, employ, exercise, exploit, forward, further, handle, have recourse to, profit by, promote, put to use, resort to, take advantage of, turn to account, use
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