Employ: alternatives and connections

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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To aim; to direct.

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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

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To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…

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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…

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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.

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To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To bend.

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A pit.

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One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

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Active power or movement; spring.

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The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Pay; reward.

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That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

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Taken.

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To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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One who hires.

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One who hires.

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The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.

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Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.

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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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See Here, pron.

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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When people who want work cannot find a job.

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When people who want work cannot find a job.

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