EMPLOY
\ɛmplˈɔ͡ɪ], \ɛmplˈɔɪ], \ɛ_m_p_l_ˈɔɪ]\
Definitions of EMPLOY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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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To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
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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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That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
By Oddity Software
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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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To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
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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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That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
By Noah Webster.
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To give occupation to; keep busy; exercise; make use of; devote to; as to employ one's time in reading.
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Employed.
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Employing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Employment; occupation; profession; office. To employ one's self, to busy one's self.
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To occupy the time, attention, and labour of; to use as an agent, instrument, means, or material.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To keep busy or at work; to use; to exercise; to engage the services of any one; to apply or devote to an object.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Employment; business; occupation; —public office; agency; service for another.
