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Employ \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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects. --Addison. (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. [1913 Webster] Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. --Ezra x. 15. [1913 Webster] Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Employ \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. 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. This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects. --Addison. (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. Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. --Ezra x. 15. Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. --Dryden. 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.From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
employing vb. (present participle of en employ nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
employing vb. (present participle of en employ nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
employing vb. (present participle of en employ nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
employing vb. (present participle of en employ nocat=1)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
employing Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm e mploy ing)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
employing Engelska a. (avledning en employ ordform=prespart) Engelska vb. (böjning en verb employ)From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Employing /ɛmplˈɔɪɪŋ/ الإستخدامFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
employing /ɛmplˈɔɪɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]zaměstnávající
employing /ɛmplˈɔɪɪŋ/ anwendend, verwendend, einsetzend Synonym: using see: use sth., employ sth., used, employed, Using Firefox/Linux/Windows etc.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
employing /ɛmplˈɔɪɪŋ/ einstellend, anstellend, aufnehmend, beschäftigend Synonyms: engaging, hiring, recruiting, taking on, putting on the payroll see: employ, engage, hire, recruit sb., take on sb., take sb. into employment, put sb. on the payroll, employed, engaged, hired, recruited, taken on, put on the payroll, recruit staffFrom English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
employing /ɛmplˈɔɪɪŋ/ koristećiFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ɛmˈpɫɔɪɪŋ/, /ɪmˈpɫɔɪɪŋ/