Abutor, pen prod. abúteris, abûsus sum, abúti. To abuse: to vse ill, dishonestly, vncomely, contrary to that it solueth for one to vse out of order, or in vaine: also to weare out.Diuitijs abuti. Suet. To misuse his riches: to waste them prodigally.Muliere abuti.Terent. Abuti: translatum ad res incorporeas: vt, Abuti alicuius patientia.Cic.Dominatione abuti. Suet. Gloria nominis abuti.Cic.To vse to an ill on.Abuti immoderatè facilitate alicuius.Cic.Greatly to abuse ones gentlenesse.Auribus alicuius abuti.Plin. iun.To trouble with vaine talke: not to regard what he speaketh, because the other giueth gentle eare.Fortunis hominum ad cupiditatem abuti.Cic.Ignoratione alicuius abuti.Cic.To abuse ones ignorance: to turne ones ignorance to his owne commoditie and aduantage.Legibus ad quæstum abuti.Cic.Vnder the colour of maintayning the law to procure his owne gaine.Abuti nomine alieno ad suos quæstus.Cic.Vnder an other mans name to procure his owne profite.Abuti otio & literis.Cic.To employ his leysure and studie ill.Abuti regno & licentia ad omnia.Cicer.To make his kingdome and libertie a pretence to doe, &c.Sermone aliquo abuti pro mandatis Cic.To defend himself with a mans words, as though he had giuen him in charge to doe or say a thing.Viribus corporis abuti.Cic. Abuti. Cato. To weare out. Abutendum se permittere. Suet. To suffer one to doe with him what he will.
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ăb-ūtor, ūsus, 3, v. dep., to use up any thing, to use to the end, to consume entirely (utendo vel in usum consumere, Non. p. 76, 29); constr. in ante-class. period with acc., in class. per. with abl.I.Lit.(a). With acc.: nos aurum abusos, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 126; so, argentum, id. Pers. 2, 3, 10: qui abusus sum tantam rem patriam, id. Trin. 3, 2, 56: operam, Ter. And. prol. 5 Ruhnk.: meretricem, id. Phorm. 2, 3, 66: suam vim, Lucr. 5, 1032.—(b). With abl.: sumus parati abuti tecum hoc otio,
to spend this leisure time with you
, Cic. Rep. 1, 9 Creuz; so, otio liberaliter, Vell. 2, 105, 1: omni tempore, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, 25: sole, id. Att. 12, 6, 2: studiis, id. Fam. 9, 6, 5: me abusum isto prooemio, id. Att. 16, 6, 4 al.: abuti aliquā re ad aliquid, to make use of for any purpose, to take advantage of: abuti sagacitate canum ad utilitatem nostram, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Lig. 1, 1; id. Mil. 2, 6.—Hence, II. In a bad sense, to misuse, to abuse: sapientiam tuam abusa est haec, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 29; so in the exordium of the first oration against Cat.: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? will you abuse our patience? libertate, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, 113: intemperanter otio et litteris, id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: iis festivitatibus insolentius, id. Or. 52, 176 al.: legibus ac majestate ad quaestum, id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, 61; id. N. D. 1, 23, 64 al.—B. Esp., in rhet. (of words), to use improperly, Cic. Or. 27, 94; id. de Or. 3, 43, 169; Quint. 5, 10, 6 al.!*? Pass.: abusa,
consumed
, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 44; so also Varr.: utile utamur potius quam ab rege abutamur, ap. Prisc. p. 792 P., and Q. Hortensius, ib., abusis locis: abutendus, Suet. Galb. 14.