Employ

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To inclose; to infold.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
  • (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.
  • (n.) That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.

Compare employ with other words:

employ vs. encourage

blue vs. employ

employ vs. hold

employ vs. implement

embusy vs. employ

employ vs. misemploy

employ vs. zeriba

employ vs. invoke

apply vs. employ

employ vs. terminated

adopt vs. employ

employ vs. terminate

employ vs. recruiter

employ vs. unlimber

employ vs. employable

deploy vs. employ

employ vs. machinist

employ vs. utilise

companion vs. employ

collector vs. employ

employ vs. pioneer

employ vs. retain

employ vs. occupy

employ vs. recruit

employ vs. master

employ vs. hire

employ vs. target

employ vs. utilize

employ vs. use

employ vs. employment

employ vs. nait

employ vs. note

bestow vs. employ

computer vs. employ

employ vs. work

employ vs. wage