'Drafted' definitions:
Definition of 'Drafted'
From: GCIDE
- Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.]
- 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army? Radar: He was drafted. --M*A*S*H (the movie)
- Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To transfer by draft. [1913 Webster]
- All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Drafted'
- Draft,
- Drafting,
- Draft box,
- Draft engine,
- Draft horse,
- Draft net,
- Draft ox,
- Draft tube,
- Margin draft,
- Sight draft,
- Stuarts Draft,
- To note a draft,
- bank draft,
- banker's draft,
- demand draft,
- draft animal,
- draft beer,
- draft board,
- draft copy,
- draft dodger,
- draft evader,
- drafting board,
- drafting instrument,
- drafting table,
- first draft,
- foreign draft,
- rough draft,
- time draft,
- Stuarts Draft, VA,
- shallow-draft