employ
‘apply or devote (something to some purpose)’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. enploy, emploie, employe < O.F. emploiier ‘make use of, apply; increase; entangle; devote’ < Lat. implicare ‘enfold, involve, be connected with, unite, associate’ < in- + plicare ‘to fold’ < uhm < en < Tamil il-iṉ