reemploy

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verb

To employ again.

OriginEnglish employ ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreemploy (third-person singular simple present reemploys, present participle reemploying, simple past and past participle reemployed)

present singular third person reemploys · participle present reemploying · participle past reemployed · past reemployed · alternative re-employ · alternative reëmploy

  1. To employ again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishemploy
  7. Englishreemploy

From re- + employ.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

employerpolyreme
Cite this entry
APA

reemploy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reemploy

MLA

“reemploy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reemploy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reemploy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reemploy.

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