re-employ

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Definitions of re-employ word

verb with object re-employ to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people. 1
verb with object re-employ to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of: He employs himself by reading after work. 1
verb with object re-employ to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply: to employ a hammer to drive a nail. 1
verb with object re-employ to occupy or devote (time, energies, etc.): I employ my spare time in reading. I employ all my energies in writing. 1
noun re-employ employment; service: to be in someone's employ. 1
verb re-employ to take on (a previous employee) again 0

before 1425

One of the 25% oldest English words

1425-75; late Middle English employen < Anglo-French, Middle French emploier ≪ Latin implicāre to enfold (Late Latin: to engage); see implicate

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".