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

throw aside &c (relinquish) 782; make away with &c (destroy) 162; cast overboard,
heave overboard, throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle &c
(Render useless) 645.
lie unemployed, remain unemployed &c adj.
Adj. not used &c v.; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised,
untouched, untrodden, unessayed † , ungathered † , unculled; uncalled for, not required.
disused &c v.; done with.
679. Misuse -- N. misuse, misusage, misemployment † , misapplication, misappropriation.
abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste &c 638.
V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate.
desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste &c 638; overtask, overtax, overwork:
squander &c 818.
cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut; catch at a straw.
Adj. misused &c v..
Phr. ludere cum sacris [Lat.].
SECTION III.
VOLUNTARY ACTION
1. Simple voluntary Action
680. Action -- N. action, performance; doing, &c v.; perpetration; exercise, excitation;
movement, operation, evolution, work; labor &c (exertion) 686; praxis, execution;
procedure &c (conduct) 692; handicraft; business &c 625; agency &c (power at work)
170.
deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction † , job, doings, dealings, proceeding,
measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup
d'etat [Fr.]; tour de force &c (display) 882; feat, exploit; achievement &c (completion)
729; handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy &c (plan) 626.
actor &c (doer) 690.
V. do, perform, execute; achieve &c (complete) 729; transact, enact; commit, perpetrate,
inflict; exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play.
employ oneself, ply one's task; officiate, have in hand &c (business) 625; labor &c
686; be at work; pursue a course; shape one's course &c (conduct) 692.
act, operate; take action, take steps; strike a blow, lift a finger, stretch forth one's hand;
take in hand &c (undertake) 676; put oneself in motion; put in practice; carry into
execution &c (complete) 729; act upon.
be an actor &c 690; take a part in, act a part in, play a part in, perform a part in;
participate in; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; have to do with; be a party to, be a
participator in; bear a hand, lend a hand; pull an oar, run in a race; mix oneself up with
&c (meddle) 682.
be in action; come into operation &c (power at work) 170.
Adj. doing &c v.; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in operation &c 170.
Adv. in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of; red-handed, in flagrante delicto [Lat.];
while one's hand is in.