Definition of employ

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Employ (n.) That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.

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Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer..
Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments..
Basanite :: Basanite (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal..
Riding :: Riding (a.) Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc..
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation..
Interact :: Interact (n.) A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress..
Ply :: Ply (v. t.) To employ diligently; to use steadily.
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..
Serf :: Serf (v. t.) A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit..
Root :: Root (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical..
Use :: Use (v. t.) Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
Husband :: Husband (v. t.) To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy..
Whaler :: Whaler (n.) A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
Tuneless :: Tuneless (a.) Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps..
Pegm :: Pegm (n.) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.
Manofwar :: Manofwar (n) A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war..
Sacrifical :: Sacrifical (a.) Employed in sacrifice.
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