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