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Word: Recruit
Speech Type: Verb
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’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rɪˈkruːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
enlist (someone) in the armed forces
Short Definition:enlist someone in armed forces
Examples:- we recruit our toughest soldiers from the desert tribes
- the regiment was still actively recruiting
Definition:
replenish or reinvigorate (numbers, strength, etc.)
Short Definition:replenish or reinvigorate
Examples:- travelling was said to recruit the constitution
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