employ

employ is a Verb

Definition:

[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.

[3] To occupy; as, to employ time in study.

[4] 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.