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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

employ

SYLLABICATION:	em·ploy
PRONUNCIATION:	m-ploi
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys 1a. To engage the services of; put to work: agreed to employ the job applicant. b. To provide with gainful work: factories that employ thousands. 2. To put to use or service. See synonyms at use. 3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.
NOUN:	1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city. 2. Archaic Occupation.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicre, to involve : in-, in; see en–¹ + plicre, to fold; see plek- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	em·ploya·bili·ty —NOUN em·ploya·ble —ADJECTIVE em·ployer —NOUN


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