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verb (used with object) to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of: He employs himself by reading after work.
to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply: to employ a hammer to drive a nail.
to occupy or devote (time, energies, etc.): I employ my spare time in reading. I employ all my energies in writing.
noun employment; service: to be in someone's employ.
Origin of employ 1425–75; late Middle English
employen <Anglo-French, Middle French
emploier ≪ Latin
implicāre to enfold (Late Latin: to engage); see implicate
OTHER WORDS FROM employ de-em·ployed, adjective non·em·ploy·ing, adjective o·ver·em·ploy, verb (used with object) pre·em·ploy, verb (used with object)
re·em·ploy, verb (used with object) well-em·ployed, adjective
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Words nearby employ empirism, emplace, emplacement, emplane, emplectite, employ , employable, employee, employee association, employer, employers' association
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But soon my mind began to employ the interval more profitably.
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British Dictionary definitions for employ verb (tr) to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire
to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy collecting stamps employs a lot of his time
to use as a means to employ secret measures to get one's ends
noun the state of being employed (esp in the phrase in someone's employ )
Derived forms of employ employable , adjective employability , noun Word Origin for employ C15: from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre to entangle, engage, from plicāre to fold
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