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employ definition

em·ploy (em plo̵i′, im-)

transitive verb

  1. to make use of; use
  2. to keep busy or occupied; take up the attention, time, etc. of; devote to employ oneself in study
  3. to provide work and pay for mining employs fewer men now
  4. to engage the services or labor of for pay; hire

Etymology: ME emploien < OFr emploier < L implicare, to enfold, engage: see imply

noun

  1. the state of being employed, esp. for pay; paid service; employment
  2. Archaic work or occupation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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