1.  utilize(v = verb.consumption) apply, employ, use, utilise - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
Derived forms noun utility₂, adjective utilizable₁, noun utilization₁, noun utilizer₁
Sample sentences: They utilize the animals

2.  utilize(v = verb.change) Array - convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust); Array
is one way to change, commute, convert, exchange
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities. [1913 Webster]
"In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons." [1913 Webster]

utilize, v.tr. (also -ise) make practical use of; turn to account; use effectively.

Derivative:
utilizable adj. utilization n. utilizer n.

Etymology:
F utiliser f. It. utilizzare (as UTILE)

VB  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, 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, 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.