Definition of employ

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Employ (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..

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Tail :: Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression heads or tails, employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall..
Vocabulary :: Vocabulary (n.) A sum or stock of words employed.
Boycott :: Boycott (v. t.) To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott..
Dawdler :: Dawdler (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
Desynonymize :: Desynonymize (v. t.) To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; -- applied to words which have been employed as synonyms.
Private :: Private (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Employ :: Employ (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..
Merchant :: Merchant (a.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service..
Catstick :: Catstick (n.) A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat.
Armature :: Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc..
Factory :: Factory (n.) A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers..
Commissioner :: Commissioner (n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims..
Dunner :: Dunner (n.) One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.
Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..
Power :: Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Pedestrial :: Pedestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet.
Sepoy :: Sepoy (n.) A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner..
Tar :: Tar (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it..
Intendancy :: Intendancy (n.) The office or employment of an intendant.
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