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   recruit

   /rɪˈkruːt/

   verb

   • 1. enlist (someone) in the armed forces: "we recruit our toughest soldiers from the desert tribes" Similar enlistsign upenrolengagetake onround upcall upconscriptdraftmuster ininducthistorical:presspress-gangshanghaiarchaic:levyimpresslistconscribecrimpattest
   • ▪ form (an army or other force) by enlisting new people: "the weakness of feudal service as a basis for recruiting an army" Similar musterformraisegather/bring togetherassemblemobilizemarshalround upcall to armsOpposite demobilizedisband
   • ▪ enrol (someone) as a member or worker in an organization or as a supporter of a cause: "there are plans to recruit more staff later this year" Similar hireemploytake ontake into one's employenrolsign upgetobtainacquireOpposite dismisslay off
   • ▪ persuade to do or help with something: informal "she recruited her children to help run the racket"
   • 2. replenish or reinvigorate (numbers, strength, etc.): dated "travelling was said to recruit the constitution"

   noun

   • 1. a person newly enlisted in the armed forces and not yet fully trained. Similar conscriptnew soldierdrafteeinducteeinformal:sprogplebebuck privateyardbirdOpposite veteran
   • ▪ a new member of an organization or supporter of a cause. Similar new membernew entrantnewcomernew boy/girlinitiatetraineeapprenticebeginnernovicelearnertyroneophyteproselytetenderfoothireinformal:rookienew kidnewbiecubgreenhorn

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the senses ‘fresh body of troops’ and ‘supplement the numbers in a group’): from obsolete French dialect recrute, based on Latin recrescere ‘grow again’, from re- ‘again’ + crescere ‘grow’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. recruitable adjective

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