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What's The Definition Of Employ?
[n] the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"
[v] put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" [v] engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Employ: apply | employment | engage | hire | use | utilise | utilize Related Terms | Find terms related to Employ: active use | activities | activity | add | affair | affairs | appliance | application | apply | attend to business | attendance | avail | bag | bespeak | bestow | book | brief | business | busy | carry on | commerce | commission | concern | concernment | conduct | consecrate to | consume | consumption | contract for | dedicate to | devote | do | do with | employment | engage | engage in | engross | enlist | enterprise | exercise | exert | exertion | expend | exploit | follow | function | give over to | give to | go in for | good use | handle | hard usage | hard use | hire | ill use | interest | involve | labor | lookout | make use of | manage | manipulate | matter | mind the store | ministration | ministry | misuse | monopolize | obtain | occupation | occupy | operate | pass | pass the time | peonage | play | ply | practice | preengage | procure | prosecute | pursue | put forth | put in | put on | put out | recruit | reserve | retain | rough usage | secure | serfdom | service | servitium | servitorship | servitude | sign | sign on | sign up | sign up for | slavery | specialize in | spend | spend the time | tackle | take into employment | take on | take to | take up | tendance | thing | undertake | undertaking | usage | use | use up | using up | utilize | wage | while | while away | wield | wile | work | work at | wrong use See Also | address | assign | avail | cannibalise | cannibalize | commit | consecrate | contract | dedicate | devote | enjoy | exercise | exert | exploit | extend | fall back | farm out | featherbed | fee | fill | give | go for | hold | implement | job | misapply | misuse | overdrive | overuse | play | ply | pull out all the stops | put | put to work | rat | recur | recycle | reprocess | resort | retain | reuse | share | ship | sign | sign on | sign up | state | strain | subcontract | take | tap | waste | work Employ In Webster's Dictionary \Em*ploy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Employed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Employing}.] [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into,
infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See
{Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicate}.]
1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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
one's energies.
This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought
to be employed on serious subjects. --Addison.
(b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
(c) 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.
Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed
about this matter. --Ezra x. 15.
Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To
turn the glebe. --Dryden.
{To employ one's self}, to apply or devote one's time and
attention; to busy one's self.
Syn: To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage.
See {Use}.
\Em*ploy"\, n. [Cf. F. emploi.] That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment. The whole employ of body and of mind. --Pope. {In one's employ}, in one's service. |
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