Meaning of used in English

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Classifying Adjective
used
Definitions
1. of persons
Examples
- « taken advantage of »
- « after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used »
Synonyms
- misused
2. previously used or owned by another
Examples
- « bought a secondhand (or used) car »
Synonyms
- old
Qualitative Adjective
used
Definitions
1. employed in accomplishing something
Examples
- « the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker »
Synonyms
Antonyms
- misused

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« Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. »
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« Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. »
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