utile
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of utile
1475–85; < Old French < Latin ūtilis, equivalent to ūt ( ī ) to use + -ilis -ile
Example Sentences
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To negative the operation of the general law, it would be necessary to show that the dominium utile, as distinct from the sovereignty, was all that accrued by such settlements.
From Project Gutenberg
In this establishment the utile et dulci are so happily blended, that the accomplished guest can find no cause of complaint.
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It will be seen that the Renaissance was in closer accord with Horace than with Aristotle, in requiring for the most part the utile as well as the dulce in poetry.
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He had always cherished the fact that his wife made objects not only attractive but utile, which should have made them more valuable, not less.
From Salon
This he regarded as the utile, or useful purpose, of comedy; the dulce he conceived to be “the fable, the construction, machinery, conduct, plot, and incidents of the piece.”
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