Meaning of recruit in English

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Verb
recruit
Etymology
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’
Definitions
1. register formally as a participant or member
Examples
- « The party recruited many new members »
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2. seek to employ
Examples
- « The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants »
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- enlisting
- recruitment
3. cause to assemble or enlist in the military
Examples
- « raise an army »
- « recruit new soldiers »
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Noun
recruit
Definitions
1. a recently enlisted soldier
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- levy
- raise
2. any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
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