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Adj.	1.	in use - (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal" engaged, busy occupied - held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied"
	2.	in use - currently being used; "robots are in use throughout industry" used - employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker

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No references found			By a current or proper word I mean one which is in general use among a people; by a strange word, one which is in use in another country. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context Indeed, the trapper was left to renew the dialogue himself, which he soon did by asking a question, in the indirect manner so much in use by the border inhabitants. The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context But the artist must employ the symbols in use in his day and nation to convey his enlarged sense to his fellow-men. Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context			In the rough In the same boat in the same breath in the south In the suds In the teeth in the way In the way with In the wind's eye in the wings In the wrong box in their right minds in theory in this In this connection in time in toto In touch In transitu in truth in turn In twain In two in two ways in unison in use in utero in vacuo in vain in velvet in vino veritas In virtue of in vitro in vitro fertilization in vivo in vogue In waiting In word in writing in your birthday suit In your despite in- in-and-in in-and-out in-basket in-between in-betweener in-bond shop in-bounds in-box in-built			In Tune In Tune Foundation Group in tune with in tune with the times in turn in turn in turn in turn in turn In twain in two in two in two in two shakes in two shakes in two shakes in two shakes in two shakes of a lamb's tail in two shakes of a lamb's tail in two shakes of a lamb's tail in two shakes of a lamb's tail in two ways in unbroken sequence in uninterrupted succession in unison in unison in unison in unison in unison with in unum vergere in use in utero in utero in utero in utero In Utero (album) In Utero (album) In Utero (album) In Utero (Nirvana) In Utero (Nirvana) In Utero (Nirvana) In utero alcohol exposure In utero alcohol exposure In utero alcohol exposure In Utero Fetal Demise In Utero Gene Therapy in vacuo in vacuo in vacuo in vacuo In vadio in vain in vain in vain in vain In Vehicle Data Acquisition System In Vehicle Monitoring System In Vehicle Wireless Amplifier in velvet In ventre sa mere In Verband Met

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