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employ
  1. To hire (somebody for work or a job).
  2. To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
  3. To make busy.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Now that you have everything ready, here is how to employ a juicer to make this lovely energetic drink.”
      “At its peak, the company would employ upwards of a thousand staff members.”
      “The kids are employed in their games at the moment.”
employed
employs
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of employ
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet employs comedy in its first act to endear us to its characters and set up its plot.”
      “Now that home ownership characterizes that crowd, Microsoft employs some of those jokers.”
      “The drama is in the emotional defences each soldier employs to survive the horrors they face.”
employeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of employ
  2. Examples:
    1. “He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.”
employest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of employ
employing
  1. present participle of employ
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Girl 24 is an animated film employing stop-motion techniques in the style of Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay.”
      “By 1907 the mill was a sizable operation employing 11 men and turning out 350,000 super feet of sawn rimu and kahikatea a year.”
      “Today, tree-sits are sophisticated efforts employing cell phones, walkie-talkies, Web sites, mountaineering gear, and savvy public relations.”
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