ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adv. experimentally &c adj.; on trial, at a venture; by rule of thumb.
if one may be so bold.
Phr. aut non tentaris aut perfice [Lat.] [Ovid]; chi non s'arrischia non guadagna [Fr.].
676. Undertaking -- N. undertaking; compact &c 769; adventure, venture; engagement
&c (promise) 768; enterprise, emprise † ; pilgrimage; matter in hand &c (business ) 625;
move; first move &c (beginning) 66.
V. undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge into; volunteer; apprentice
oneself to; engage &c (promise) 768; contract &c 769; take upon oneself, take upon one's
shoulders; devote oneself to &c (determination) 604.
take up, take in hand; tackle; set about, go about; set to, fall to, set to work; launch
forth; set up shop; put in hand, put in execution; set forward; break the neck of a
business, be in, for; put one's hand to, put one's foot in; betake oneself to, turn one's hand
to, go to do; begin one's &c 66; broach one's, institute one's &c (originate) 153; put one's
hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel.
have in hand &c (business) 625; have many irons in the fire &c (activity) 682.
Adj. undertaking &c v.; on the anvil &c 625.
Int. here goes!,
677. Use -- N. use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation † ; application, appliance;
adhibition † , disposal; consumption; agency &c (physical) 170; usufruct; usefulness &c
644; benefit; recourse, resort, avail.
[Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear.
[Way of using] usage.
V. use, make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set
in motion, set to work.
ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail
oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up
with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try.
render useful &c 644; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work
up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into
service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply,
adhibit † , dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of.
fall back upon, make a shift with; make the most of, make the best of.
use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task.
Adj. in use; used &c v.; well-worn, well-trodden.
useful &c 644; subservient &c (instrumental) 631.
678. Disuse -- N. forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment &c 782; desuetude &c
(want of habit) 614; disusage † .
V. not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive,
neglect; keep back, reserve.
lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a
napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with;
supersede; discard &c (eject) 297; dismiss, give warning.