westom,
It's not wise to use a word that used to have several meanings but that, over the years, has lost all but one of its possible meanings.
Here's a similar case: discriminate. In the dictionary, the main meaning is
recognize a distinction; differentiate
and the secondary definition is
make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, sex, or age.
But almost every time that word is used, the second definition is meant.
