EMPLOY
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Em*ploy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Employed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Employing.] [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicate.] 1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. 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.
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This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects.
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(b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. (c) 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.
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Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter.
Ezra x. 15.
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Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer
To turn the glebe.
Dryden.
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To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.
Syn. -- To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage. See Use.
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Em*ploy", n. [Cf. F. emploi.] That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
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The whole employ of body and of mind.
Pope.
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In one's employ, in one's service.
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