DISEMPLOY

Etymology

Verb

disemploy (third-person singular simple present disemploys, present participle disemploying, simple past and past participle disemployed)

(transitive) To deprive of employment.

Anagrams

• poly-deism, polydeism

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`em*ploy", v. t.

Definition: To throw out of employment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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