Employ(n.) That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
Employ(v. t.) To inclose; to infold.
Employ(v. t.) 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.
Employ(v. t.) To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
Employ(v. t.) 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.
Employable(a.) Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use.
Employe(n.) One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.
Employed(imp. & p. p.) of Employ
Employer(n.) One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
Employing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Employ
Employment(n.) The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
Employment(n.) That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.
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