Employ /(?)/

Em·ploy

Employ

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Employed; p. pr. & vb. n. Employing

  1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.]
  2. 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.
    This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects.
  3. To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
    Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter.
    — Ezra x. 15.
    Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe.

Phrases & Compounds
To employ one's self
to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.

Employ

n.
  1. That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
    The whole employ of body and of mind.

Phrases & Compounds
In one's employ
in one's service.

Employé

n.
  1. One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.