Utile

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  • adjective. Useful.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Useful; profitable; beneficial.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Profitable; useful.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Useful.
  • noun. A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
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  • adjective. being of use or service
  • Word Usage
    "The mode of knowledge and education with which Gilchrist initially locates value is that of the practical, the "utile," but this figuration does not come at the expense of leisured contemplation, the "dulce.""
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