Definition of employ

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

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Constructive :: Constructive (a.) Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed..
Columniation :: Columniation (n.) The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.
Preposition :: Preposition (n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running..
Detective :: Detective (a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer..
Unimproved :: Unimproved (a.) Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings..
Lumberer :: Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman..
Symbolistic :: Symbolist (n.) One who employs symbols.
Idle :: Idle (v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business..
Freight :: Freight (a.) Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car..
Amanuensis :: Amanuensis (n.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written..
Squadroned :: Squadron (n.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron..
Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade..
Expressman :: Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon..
Task :: Task (v.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours..
Elcaja :: Elcaja (n.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch..
Montanist :: Montanist (n.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life..
Lumper :: Lumper (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
Employing :: Employing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emplo.
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