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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Employ \Em*ploy"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Employed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Employing}.] [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicate}.]
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. (b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. (c) 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.
Syn: To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage. See {Use}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
employed
adjective
1: having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed" [ant: {unemployed}]
2: put to use [syn: {made use of(p)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "employed": applied, at it, at work, busy, chartered, engaged, exercised, exerted, full of business, hard at it, hard at work, hired, hireling, in harness, leased, let, mercenary, occupied, on duty, on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the run, paid, rented, secondhand, subleased, sublet, tied up, used, working
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