Enlisted
[ɪn'lɪstɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Enlist
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Examples
- Huns now first appear within the empire as auxiliary troops enlisted under Stilicho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- About fifteen hundred of the best operators in the country were at the front on the Federal side alone, and several hundred more had enlisted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This man had between two and three hundred persons enlisted under his banners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Accordingly men were enlisted for longer terms and _paid_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Luther Stieringer, an expert gas engineer and inventor, whose services were early enlisted, once said that Edison knew more about gas than any other man he had ever met. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some responses are secured, but desires and affections not enlisted must find other outlets. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Every student of the Ecole Normale enlisted. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These men were very raw, having all been enlisted since the beginning of the siege, but they behaved well. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sometimes they were enlisted from friendly foreign populations in which the military spirit still prevailed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The drovers were not enlisted men and he released them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Two of McPherson's veteran divisions had re-enlisted on the express provision that they were to have a furlough. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He remembered a Belgian boy in the Eleventh Brigade who had enlisted with five other boys from his village. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Instead of killing, they enlisted and intermarried with the peoples they invaded. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He dreamed of a conscription of the whole youthful population to form for a certain number of years a part of the army enlisted against _Nature_. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Many of them enlisted in the Rough Rider regiment of the Spanish war and proved daring soldiers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Officers and details of enlisted men are not included. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The plan has also been utilized a great deal in recent years for the identification of enlisted men in the army and navy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Or one enlisted for a time in their armies (as Xenophon did) and hoped for his luck with a rich prisoner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Appointments of commissioned officers had then to be made; men had to be enlisted, the regiments equipped and the whole transported to Mexico. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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