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Employ
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(1):
(n.) That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
(2):
(v. t.) To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
(3):
(v. t.) To inclose; to infold.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Employ'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/employ.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Employ'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/employ.html. 1828.