recruit
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Recruit \Re*cruit"\, n.
1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.
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The state is to have recruits to its strength, and
remedies to its distempers. --Burke.
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2. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a
newly enlisted soldier.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Recruit \Re*cruit"\ (r?*kr?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recruited};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Recruiting}.] [F. recruter, corrupted (under
influence of recrue recruiting, recruit, from recro[^i]/tre,
p. p. recr[^u], to grow again) from an older recluter,
properly, to patch, to mend (a garment); pref. re- + OF. clut
piece, piece of cloth; cf. Icel. kl[=u]tr kerchief, E.
clout.]
1. To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy
lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh
air and exercise recruit the spirits.
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Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their
color. --Glanvill.
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2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in
strength or health; to reinvigorate.
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3. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up
by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army
was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist;
as, he recruited fifty men. --M. Arnold.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Recruit \Re*cruit"\, v. i.
1. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health,
flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean
cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
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2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service;
to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
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from
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform
and from a soldier by his gait.
Fresh from the farm or factory or street,
His marching, in pursuit or in retreat,
Were an impressive martial spectacle
Except for two impediments -- his feet.
Thompson Johnson
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
184 Moby Thesaurus words for "recruit":
abecedarian, accommodate, add to, afford, alphabetarian,
apprentice, arriviste, articled clerk, augment, baby,
beat the drums, beginner, bespeak, book, boot, brace up, brief,
bring back, bring to, call back, call to arms, call up, catechumen,
clothe, commandeer, conscript, contribute, convalesce, deb,
debutant, detach, detach for service, donate, draft, drafted man,
draftee, emigrant, employ, endow, engage, enlist, enlistee, enroll,
enrollee, entrant, fill, fill up, find, fledgling, fortify,
freshman, fund, furnish, gain strength, gate-crasher, get back,
get better, give, give back, greenhorn, greeny, hire, ignoramus,
immigrant, impress, improve, increase, induct, inductee, infant,
initiate, intruder, invest, join, keep, learner, levy, list,
maintain, make available, make provision for, mend, mobilize,
muster, muster in, neophyte, nestling, new arrival, new boy,
newcomer, novice, novitiate, novus homo, parvenu, perk up, pick up,
place in, postulant, preengage, prepare, present, press,
probationer, probationist, provide, provide for, put back, raise,
rally, raw recruit, reactivate, reanimate, rebuild, recall to life,
recharge, reconstitute, reconvert, recoup, recuperate, reenact,
reestablish, refill, reform, refresh, regain, regenerate,
rehabilitate, reheat the ashes, reinforce, reinspire, reinstall,
reinstate, reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, rejuvenate,
rekindle, relight, renew, renovate, repair, replace, replenish,
repossess, reserve, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, retain,
retrieve, return, revest, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm,
rookie, selectee, settler, sign on, sign up, sign up for,
sleep it off, squatter, stir the embers, stock, store, stowaway,
strengthen, subsidize, summon, supplement, supply, support,
take into employment, take on, tenderfoot, trainee,
turn the corner, tyro, upstart, warm over, warm up, yield
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