employ
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French employer < Latin implicare (“‘to infold, involve, engage’”) < in (“‘in’”) + plicare (“‘to fold’”).
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- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
[edit] Noun
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employ (plural employs)
- The state of being an employee; employment.
- The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.
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to employ (third-person singular simple present employs, present participle employing, simple past and past participle employed)
- To give someone work or a job.
- To put something into use or service; to make use of.
- How do you employ your spare time?
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[edit] Translations
to give someone work
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to put into use
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[edit] External links
- employ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- employ in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- employ at OneLook® Dictionary Search
