Emplore
(Em*plore") v. t. See Implore. [Obs.]
Employ
(Em*ploy") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Employed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Employing.] [F. employer, fr. L.
implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply,
Implicate.]
1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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.
Addison. (b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. (c) 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.
Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter.
Ezra x. 15.
Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer
To turn the glebe.
Dryden. To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.
Syn. — To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage. See Use.
Employ
(Em*ploy"), n. [Cf. F. emploi.] That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular
service or business; employment.
The whole employ of body and of mind.
Pope. In one's employ, in one's service.
Employable
(Em*ploy"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. employable.] Capable of being employed; capable of being
used; fit or proper for use. Boyle.
Employé
(||Em`ploy`é") n. [F., p. p. of employer.] One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the
service of an employer.
Employee
(Em`ploy*ee") n. [The Eng. form of employé.] One employed by another.
Employer
(Em*ploy"er) n. One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
Employment
(Em*ploy"ment) n.
1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as,
agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.
Cares are employments, and without employ
The soul is on a rack.
Young. Syn. — Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.
Emplumed
(Em*plumed") a. Plumed. [R.]
Emplunge
(Em*plunge") v. t. [Cf. Implunge.] To plunge; to implunge. [Obs.] Spenser.
