Employ and Select

Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

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Select and employ are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Employ".

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Employ and select are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Select".

attack	employ attack	select attack
type	employ type	select type
weapon	employ weapon	select weapon
elements	employ elements	select elements
Other words: skills, powers, weapons, abilities, ships.

While as recently as the 19th Century the Clave would employ the Mortal Cup to grant Ascension to select mundanes, by the time Jocelyn made off with the Cup it was no longer being used anyway.

Source: Literature / The Mortal Instruments aka: City Of Heavenly Fire

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