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Definition of employing : of Employ

Synonyms:

expending, toiling, wielding, laboring, discharging

exerting, using, applying, functioning, implementing, effecting, utilizing, exercising, serving, operating, practicing, conducting

engaging, contracting, renting, leasing

Usage examples:

• Young people, your lordship, if I may be pardoned for employing the expression in the present case, are naturally romantic and if you keep 'em away from a thing they sit and pity themselves and want it all the more. - "A Damsel in Distress", Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.
• By a very moderate exertion on the part of Nicias, employing only a fraction of the immense force at his disposal, Gylippus might have been destroyed, before he had time to become dangerous. - "Stories From Thucydides", H. L. Havell.
• Of course you have your own reasons for employing such a person. - "The Heart of Rome", Francis Marion Crawford.