Meaning

noun the state of being employed or having a job

verb put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

verb engage or hire for work

originFrom late Middle English emploien, imploien, emplien (“to apply to a specific purpose”), from Anglo-Norman emploier, Old French emploiier (“to entangle, fabricate, to make use of”), ultimately from Latin implicāre (“to infold, entangle, involve, engage”), from in- (“in”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and implicate.

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