employed

adjworking

Synonyms for employed

adj working

Antonyms for employed

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for employed

Since that time, he has been employed as coachman by Uri Gilbert, Esq., of this city.

We employed our spare time in gymnastics, in turning, and in rambles.

And how do you think Bella employed herself while I was writing?

There you will guess how the greatest part of the hour was employed.

He had come from the station of Mr.——, where he was employed as stockman.

If the oven is to be used, a device that fits the oven should be employed.

Girls and women are employed in examining the bodies of the moths with microscopes.

The officers and men not employed in the trenches were directed to lie down.

He knew nothing of her except her name and that she was employed as a waitress in a restaurant.

They prophesied, that from the moment I began to be employed, I should rise rapidly.

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Antonyms for employed

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