engage

• vt.引きつける、占有する；従事する；雇用する；婚約する；予約する
• vi.従事する；約束する；確保する；従事させる；従事させる

en-、入る、作る。-engage、約束する、参加する、語源的にはwage、結婚式と同じ。 語彙的な意味はcommitmentから様々に広がる。

engage

engage: [15] Vulgar Latin had a noun *wadium ‘pledge’ (it came from Germanic *wathjam, source also of English wed and wage). From it was derived a verb *wadiāre ‘pledge’, which formed the basis of a compound *inwadiāre. Germanic w became g in French (hence French Guillaume for William), so the Old French descendant of *inwadiāre was engager, acquired by English as engage. (The superficially similar gauge [15] is probably not related, although it is not known for certain what its ultimate source is.)
=> wage, wed

engage (v.)

early 15c., "to pledge" (something, as security for payment), from Old French engagier "bind (by promise or oath), pledge; pawn" (12c.), from phrase en gage "under pledge," from en "in" (see en- (1)) + gage "pledge," through Frankish from Proto-Germanic *wadiare "pledge" (see wed). It shows the common evolution of Germanic -w- to central French -g- (see gu-). Meaning "attract and occupy the attention of" is from 1640s; that of "employ, secure for aid, employment or use" is from 1640s, from notion of "binding as by a pledge;" meaning "enter into combat or contest with" is from 1640s. Specific sense of "promise to marry" is 1610s (implied in engaged). Machinery sense is from 1884. Also from the French word are German engagiren, Dutch engageren, Danish engagere.

1. You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.

南の芝生でハンマーボールゲームに参加できます。

2.Press the lever until you hear the catch engage .

ストッパーが引っかかるまでストッパーを押します。

3.They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.

彼らは他人の注意を引くテクニックを学んだことがない。

4.Industry leaders want scientists to engage in fundamental research，not applied research.

業界リーダーは、科学者が応用的な研究ではなく基礎的な研究に従事することを望んでいる。

5.She found it hard to engage with office life.

彼女はオフィス生活に適応するのが難しいことに気づいた。