Emily Dickinson Lexicon

use (-ed,-s,-ing), v. [OFr user.] (webplay: book, name, stone, wont).

1. Occupy the duration of; pass the time of; purposely employ during the season of.
2. Handle; treat; deal with.
3. Share; wear; give away; fulfill a role; [fig.] experience intimacy; consummate a marriage.
4. Phrase. “used to”: accustomed to; acclimated to; adjusted to; adapted to.