reemploy

verb

re·​em·​ploy (ˌ)rē-im-ˈplȯi 

-em-

variants or re-employ

reemployed or re-employed; reemploying or re-employing

transitive verb

: to employ (someone or something) again

programs to reemploy veterans

reemploying an old method

reemployment

(ˌ)rē-im-ˈplȯi-mənt 

noun

or re-employment

plural reemployments or re-employments

… would say only that [he] resigned due to medical issues, and that he has not sought reemployment with the village.

—Steve Janoski

These amazing reemployments of men who had been drummed out of the service only a year or two earlier …

—Ferdinand Mount

Examples of reemploy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whitmer ordered the state’s Treasury Department to help reemploy fossil fuel workers who lose their jobs when carbon-intensive facilities close. —Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reemploy

• corduroy
• fauntleroy
• iroquois
• ahoy
• alloy
• annoy
• carboy
• convoy
• cowboy
• decoy
• deploy
• destroy