Recruit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To engage (persons) for military service.
  • v. To strengthen or raise (an armed force) by enlistment.
  • v. To supply with new members or employees.
  • v. To enroll or seek to enroll: colleges recruiting minority students.
  • v. To replenish.
  • v. To renew or restore the health, vitality, or intensity of.
  • verb-intransitive. To raise a military force.
  • verb-intransitive. To obtain replacements for or new supplies of something lost, wasted, or needed.
  • verb-intransitive. To regain lost health or strength; recover.
  • n. A newly engaged member of a military force, especially one of the lowest rank or grade.
  • n. A new member of an organization or body.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  • n. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  • n. A hired worker
  • n. A new member of a certain population, usually referring to a juvenile.
  • v. To make an attempt to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc.
  • v. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
  • v. To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in
  • v. To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in
  • v. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
  • v. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; ; also, to muster; to enlist.
  • verb-intransitive. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate.
  • verb-intransitive. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
  • n. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reënforcement.
  • n. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To repair by fresh supplies; supply lack or deficiency in.
  • To restore the wasted vigor of; renew the health, spirits, or strength of; refresh: as, to recruit one's health.
  • To supply with new men; specifically, to supply with new men for any deficiency of troops; make up by enlistment: as, to recruit an army.
  • To provision; take supplies on board of, as a vessel: as in the phrase to recruit ship.
  • To gain new supplies of anything lost or wasted; gain flesh, health, spirits, etc.
  • To gain new supplies of men for any object; specifically, to raise new soldiers.
  • To enter port for supplies, as a vessel.
  • n. A fresh supply of anything wasted or used, as of provisions and supplies on shipboard, etc.
  • n. A soldier or sailor newly enlisted to supply the deficiency of an army or a navy; one whohas newly filled a vacancy in any body or class of persons.
  • n. Asubstitute for something wanting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
  • v. register formally as a participant or member
  • n. a recently enlisted soldier
  • v. seek to employ
  • v. cause to assemble or enlist in the military
  • Verb Form
    recruited    recruiting    recruits   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    newbie    newcomer    entrant    starter    fledgeling    freshman    neophyte    fledgling    engage    enlist   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reinvigorate    enlist    recuperate    reënforcement    strengthen    renew    refresh    recover   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beirut    Bute    Butte    Jute    Root    Shute    absolut    acute    astute    boot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    volunteer    militia    emigrant    cadet    immigrant    colonist    refugee    cavalry    follower    trooper