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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Employ \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: employed adj 1: having your services engaged for or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed" [ant: {unemployed}] 2: put to use [syn: {made use of(p)}]
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