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us'd

us'd is the archaic form of used.

us'd is the simple past and past participle of use.

Meaning of used

Adjective

used (comparative more used, superlative most used)

  1. That is or has or have been used.
    • The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
    Antonyms:
    unused
  2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
    • He bought a used car.
    Antonyms:
    new
  3. In used to.

See all 4 meanings of used

Meaning of use

Verb

use (third-person singular simple present uses, present participle using, simple past and past participle used)

  1. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
    • Use this knife to slice the bread.
  2. (often, transitive, with-up) To expend; to consume by employing.
    • I used the money they allotted me.
  3. (transitive) To exploit.
    • You never cared about me; you just used me!
  4. (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
    • He uses cocaine.
  5. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
    • Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
  6. (transitive) To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
    • I could use a drink.

See all 22 meanings of use

Questions about us'd

What is us'd the archaic form of?
Us'd is the archaic form of used.

Words near us'd in the dictionary

  1. US VI
  2. US Virgin Islander
  3. US Virgin Islanders
  4. US Virgin Islands
  5. US$
  6. us'd
  7. us'en
  8. US'er
  9. US'ers
  10. us'in
  11. us's

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Adapted from Wiktionary: us'd (page history and authors); used (page history and authors); use (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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