meaning of employ
1. To inclose; to infold.
2. To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc. , for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ ones energies.
3. To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
4. To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.
5. That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
6. the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the
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Related Words
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