employ (v.) Copy link Outline 1. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (with abl.)2. ădhĭbeo, 2 (for some definite end)3. collŏco, 1 (to lay out in doing something)4. exerceo, 2 (to keep at work) • employ (v.): 1. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (with abl.): v. to use. 2. ădhĭbeo, 2 (for some definite end): to e. a master or teacher, magistrum ad., Cic.: the iambic metre is e.'d in the drama, numerus iambicus adhibetur in fabulis, Cic.: he began to be e.'d in more important cases, ad majores causas adhiberi coeptus est, Cic. 3. collŏco, 1 (to lay out in doing something): to e. oneself entirely in study and (the pursuit of) knowledge, se totum in cognitione et scientia c., Cic. Off. 1, 44, 158: simly, omne suum studium in aliqua re c., Cic. 4. exerceo, 2 (to keep at work): v. to exercise. Phr.: to be actively e.'d in cases before the centumvirs, jactare se in causis centumviralibus, Cic.: to be e.'d over other people's business, in alienis negotiis detineri, Cic. (v. to be engaged): this cause will e. the first months, haec causa primos menses occupabit, Coel. ap. Cic.: v. to occupy.