Definition of employ

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Employ (v. t.) To inclose; to infold.

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Lockout :: Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages..
Doorplane :: Doorplane (n.) A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant..
Arduous :: Arduous (a.) Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise..
Accountantship :: Accountantship (n.) The office or employment of an accountant.
Misemployment :: Misemployment (n.) Wrong or mistaken employment.
Work :: Work (n.) To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
Electro- :: Electro- () A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet..
Freight :: Freight (a.) Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car..
Diplomacy :: Diplomacy (n.) The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed..
Accountancy :: Accountancy (n.) The art or employment of an accountant.
Crematory :: Crematory (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation..
Capital :: Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a..
Hydro-electric :: Hydro-electric (a.) Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used..
Serve :: Serve (v. i.) To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.
Blacklist :: Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a..
Absorption :: Absorption (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment..
Filleting :: Filleting (n.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work..
Employ :: 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..
Use :: Use (v. t.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book..
Situation :: Situation (n.) Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government..
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