Enlist

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  • intransitive verb. To engage (persons or a person) for service in the armed forces.
  • intransitive verb. To engage the support or cooperation of.
  • intransitive verb. To enter the armed forces.
  • intransitive verb. To participate actively in a cause or enterprise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To enter, as a name on a list; enroll; register.
  • To engage for public service, especially military or naval service, by enrolling after mutual agreement: as, to enlist men for the army.
  • To unite firmly to a cause; employ in advancing some interest; engage the services of: as, to enlist one's sympathies in the cause of charity.
  • Synonyms and Enroll, etc. See record, v.
  • To engage in public service, especially military service, by subscribing articles or enrolling one's name; specifically, to engage in such service voluntarily.
  • To enter heartily into a cause, with devotion to its interests.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service
  • intransitive verb. To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.
  • transitive verb. To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
  • transitive verb. To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register.
  • transitive verb. To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
  • verb. To recruit the aid or membership of others.
  • verb. To secure, to obtain.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. hire for work or assistance
  • verb. engage somebody to enter the army
  • verb. join the military
  • Word Usage
    "The eagerness to enlist is partly an extended expression of gratitude to the United States for liberating Guam from a brutal Japanese occupation during World War II."
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