Antonyms for employ
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : em-ploi |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈplɔɪ |
Definition of employ
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French employer, from Old French emploiier (12c.) "make use of, apply; increase; entangle; devote," from Latin implicare "enfold, involve, be connected with," from in- (see in- (2)) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)).
- Sense of "hire, engage" first recorded in English 1580s, from "involve in a particular purpose," a sense which arose in Late Latin. Related: Employed; employing. The noun is 1660s, from French emploi. Imply, which is the same word, retains more of the original sense.
- verb make use of
- verb give money in exchange for work performed
- He thought that our hero was about to beg to be taken back into his employ.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It is only right that I should employ a portion in His service.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- How are they to employ the day, or what inducement have they to employ it, in recruiting their stock of health?
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- We shall have to employ two men to move the heavy furniture.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- What do you imagine you could employ yourself with down there?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She says that her record of five years in your employ ought to count something in her favor.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- But ambition is foreign to the Shakespeare-Hamlet nature, so the poet does not employ it.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- If it be not well received, perhaps I may employ him on the occasion.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The storekeepers aren't apt to employ you at first; they'll be suspicious of you.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- And it was considerate of you not to employ it in this instance.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
Synonyms for employ
- apply
- bestow
- bring on board
- bring to bear
- come on board
- commission
- contract
- contract for
- engage
- enlist
- exercise
- exert
- exploit
- fill
- handle
- hire
- ink
- keep busy
- manipulate
- obtain
- occupy
- operate
- place
- procure
- put on
- put to use
- retain
- secure
- sign on
- sign up
- spend
- take on
- take up
- truck with
- use
- use up
- utilize
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