Employ

em-ploy′, v.t. to occupy the time or attention of: to use as a means or agent: to give work to.— n. a poetical form of employment .— adj. Employ′able , that may be employed.— ns. Employ′é , one who is employed:— fem. Employ′ée ; Employēē′ , a person employed; Employ′er ; Employ′ment , act of employing: that which engages or occupies: occupation. [Fr. employer —L. implicāre , to infold— in , in, and plicāre , to fold. Imply and implicate are parallel forms.]