utile 1
adjective
rare advantageous: I deplored the killing of them for merely utile purposes
More example sentences
- And the wedge that this issue continues to drive between Palmer and his wife is also dramatically utile.
- A third reason for the Calvinist neglect of art is the doctrine of vocation: ‘Parents should urge their children to choose vocations that would be useful to their neighbors… ‘Arts were not so utile.’
- Women, in truth, are not only intelligent; they have almost a monopoly of certain of the subtler and more utile forms of intelligence.
Origin
late 15th century: via Old French from Latin utilis, from uti 'to use'.
Words that rhyme with utile
butyl, futile, rutileFor editors and proofreaders
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Definition of utile in:
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utile 2
noun
a large tropical African hardwood tree with timber that is widely used as a substitute for mahogany.
- Entandrophragma utile, family Meliaceae
Example sentences
- The utile has a wide natural distribution in tropical Africa.
Origin
1950s: modern Latin, specific epithet (see above).
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