Em 6/4/2010 12:45, M. Adam Davis escreveu:
> Are you sure about that?  Humans are adaptive tool users.  The English
> language even has a word for that suggests using something in a way it
> was not originally intended to be used: utilize.
>   =


The word "utilize" came from Latin and is present in the majority of the
Latin derived languages (if not all) and in much others.

Util =3D useful, util-ize =3D to make use, to use.

In Portuguese it means exactly that: to use, in the normal and plain sense.


Regards,

Isaac

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