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Meaning Of Employ
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.