See Also: employ(1)(dictionary)
employ(2)(dictionary)
re-employ(dictionary)
employ 1, verb(dictionary)
employ 2, noun(dictionary)
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employ(2) (iou)



employ verb trans. Also imploy. LME.
[Old & mod. French employer from Proto-Romance implicare for Latin implicari be involved (in) or attached (to), pass. of implicare enfold, involve: see IMPLICATE verb. Cf. IMPLY.]
Use for a particular purpose, make use of. (Foll. by for, in, on, to.) LME.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice Employ your chiefest thoughts to courtship. J. G. Cozzens She employed frequently all the improper words she knew. C. S. Forester They were going to take a leaf out of the Germans' book and employ poison gas. A. Wilson A complicated puzzle on which to employ his wit.
= IMPLY 1, 2, 4. E16-E17.
Use or retain the services of (a person), esp. in return for payment; pay (a person) to work for oneself or one's organization. L16.
A. Blond If Thomas Chatterton had employed an agent he might not have starved to death.
Keep (a person, a person's senses or powers) occupied or busy; in pass., be engaged in, be at work on (also foll. by about). L16.
Swift He was imploy'd in drinking. G. Berkeley Speculations to employ our curiosity. refl.: T. Reid Castle-builders employ themselves..in romance.
employa'bility noun the character or quality of being employable E20.
employable adjective L16.