Recruit
[rɪ'kruːt] or [rɪ'krut]
Definition
(noun.) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces).
(noun.) a recently enlisted soldier.
(verb.) cause to assemble or enlist in the military; 'raise an army'; 'recruit new soldiers'.
(verb.) seek to employ; 'The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants'.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
(v. i.) 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 reenforcement.
(n.) Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Repair, replenish.[2]. Refresh, revive, restore, renovate.[3]. (Mil.) Reinforce, supply with new men.
v. n. [1]. Raise new soldiers, get supplies of men.[2]. Revive, recover, regain health, be restored to health, get well.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repair, refresh, renew, restore, recover, recreate, invigorate, revive,reinforce
ANT:Waste, lose, impair, relapse, decay, decline,[See RECOVER]
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Definition
v.i. to obtain fresh supplies: to recover in health &c.: to enlist new soldiers.—v.t. to repair: to supply: to supply with recruits.—n. the supply of any want: a substitute for something wanting: a newly enlisted soldier.—ns. Recruit′al renewed supply; Recruit′er.—adj. Recruit′ing obtaining new supplies: enlisting recruits.—n. the business of obtaining new supplies or enlisting new soldiers.—ns. Recruit′ing-ground a place where recruits may be obtained; Recruit′ing-par′ty a party of soldiers engaged in enlisting recruits; Recruit′ing-ser′geant a sergeant who enlists recruits; Recruit′ment the act business or employment of raising new supplies of men for an army.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.
Editor: Ryan
Examples
- I never once entered the carriage; but rode in a line with the officers dressed in my regimental cap and habit like a little recruit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I must except, however, the little recruit into the Infant Bonds of Joy, who was stolidly and evenly miserable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And it was from the gifts bestowed upon him towards the execution of this benevolent purpose, that he recruited his finances, as just now observed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Here the men whom Crispin had recruited for the defence of Melnos were paid off and dismissed. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Each is sworn to loyalty and secrecy, nor were enough recruited from a single district to cause suspicion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Whatever they could prove (which is usually anything you like), they proved there, in an army constantly strengthening by the arrival of new recruits. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I will see that the buttons of the recruits are properly bright and that the sergeants make no mistakes in their accounts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But first they resolved to sell the goods the ship, and then go to Madagascar for recruits, several among them having died since my confinement. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The recruits were principally men from regiments stationed there and already in the service, bound for three years if the war lasted that long. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were a caste and a class apart, attracting intelligent recruits from the general population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Recruits come from time to time, but I admit none but those who are physically perfect and passably moral. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Johnson, who was Edison's shrewd recruiting sergeant in those days: I resigned sooner than Johnson expected, and he had me on his hands. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I stopped the recruiting service, and disposed the troops about the outskirts of the city so as to guard all approaches. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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