Thesaurus: employ

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1. v. t. To inclose; to infold.
2. 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.
3. v. t. To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
4. 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.
5. n. That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
6. n. the state of being employed or having a job
7. v. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
8. v. engage or hire for work
9. That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regularservice or business; employment.The whole employ of body and of mind. Pope.In one's employ, in one's service.
10. n:1/v:99 n the state of being employed or having a job v put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose v engage or hire for work