資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Result \Re*sult"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resulted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Resulting}.] [F. r['e]sulter, fr. L. resultare,
   resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire.
   See {Resile}.]
   1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.]

            The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
                                                  --Pope.

   2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have
      consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will
      result in good or in evil.

   3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts,
      arguments, premises, combination of circumstances,
      consultation, thought, or endeavor.

            Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy
            and good life.                        --Tillotson.

   {Resulting trust} (Law), a trust raised by implication for
      the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is
      also applied to a trust raised by implication for the
      benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an
      estate, etc. --Bouvier.

   {Resulting use} (Law), a use which, being limited by the
      deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him
      who raised it. --Bouvier.

   Syn: To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.

Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus,
   to use. See {Use}, v. t.]
   1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's
      service; the state of being so employed or applied;
      application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as,
      the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general
      use.

            Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon.

            This Davy serves you for good uses.   --Shak.

            When he framed All things to man's delightful use.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no
      further use for a book. --Shak.

   3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of
      being used; usefulness; utility.

            God made two great lights, great for their use To
            man.                                  --Milton.

            'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope.

   4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment;
      usage; custom; manner; habit.

            Let later age that noble use envy.    --Spenser.

            How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me
            all the uses of this world!           --Shak.

   5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]

            O C[ae]sar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak.

   6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any
      diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford
      use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.

            From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but
            one use.                              --Pref. to
                                                  Book of Common
                                                  Prayer.

   7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of
      borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]

            Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use
            and principal, to him.                --Jer. Taylor.

   8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L.
      opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. {Operate}.]
      (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use
      imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the
      holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is
      intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and
      limited to A for the use of B.

   9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging,
      as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by
      hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

   {Contingent}, or {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come into
      operation on a future uncertain event.

   {In use}.
      (a) In employment; in customary practice observance.
      (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh.

   {Of no use}, useless; of no advantage.

   {Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable.

   {Out of use}, not in employment.

   {Resulting use} (Law), a use, which, being limited by the
      deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to
      him who raised it, after such expiration.

   {Secondary}, or {Shifting}, {use}, a use which, though
      executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.
      --Blackstone.

   {Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap.
      10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites
      the use and possession.

   {To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive
      service from; to use.