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Meaning of recruit in English
Pronunciation
/rəˈkrut/
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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 »
2.
seek to employ
Examples
« The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants »
3.
cause to assemble or enlist in the military
Examples
« raise an army »
« recruit new soldiers »
Noun
recruit
Definitions
1.
a recently enlisted soldier
2.
any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)