employ
employ Lexical Profile
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• verb
To give work to someone and pay them for it.
"The local manufacturing plant employs over five hundred residents from the surrounding county."
To make use of a tool, method, or skill for a specific purpose.
"The researchers employed statistical modeling to forecast seasonal changes in rainfall."
To keep someone occupied or devote time and attention to an activity.
"She employed her free afternoons in restoring antique wooden furniture."
• noun
The state of being employed for wages or salary (used chiefly in the phrase 'in the employ of').
"The engineer worked in the employ of the municipal transit authority for over twenty years."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Old French 'emploier' (to apply or make use of), which derived from Latin 'implicare' (to enfold, entangle, or involve), formed from 'in-' (in) and 'plicare' (to fold).