verb (v)

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose(verb.consumption)

  Example:
  How do you utilize this tool?.
  

  Synonym:
  apply, employ, use, utilise
  

  source: wordnet30
• convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)(verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.(verb)

  source: webster1913