'Recruit' definitions:
Definition of 'recruit'
(from WordNet)
noun
A recently enlisted soldier [syn: recruit, military recruit]
noun
Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn: recruit, enlistee]
verb
Register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit]
verb
Seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"
verb
Definition of 'Recruit'
From: GCIDE
- Recruit \Re*cruit"\, v. i.
- 1. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recruit'
From: GCIDE
- Recruit \Re*cruit"\, n.
- 1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement. [1913 Webster]
- The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recruit'
From: GCIDE
- Recruit \Re*cruit"\ (r?*kr?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Recruiting.] [F. recruter, corrupted (under influence of recrue recruiting, recruit, from recro[^i]/tre, p. p. recr[^u], to grow again) from an older recluter, properly, to patch, to mend (a garment); pref. re- + OF. clut piece, piece of cloth; cf. Icel. kl[=u]tr kerchief, E. clout.]
- 1. To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits. [1913 Webster]
- Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recruit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- accommodate,
- add to,
- afford,
- alphabetarian,
- apprentice,
- arriviste,
- articled clerk,
- augment,
- baby,
- beat the drums,
- beginner,
- bespeak,
- book,
- boot,
- brace up,
- brief,
- bring back,
- bring to,
- call back,
- call to arms,
- call up,
- catechumen,
- clothe,
- commandeer,
- conscript,
- contribute,
- convalesce,
- deb,
- debutant,
- detach,
- detach for service,
- donate,
- draft,
- drafted man,
- draftee,
- emigrant,
- employ,
- endow,
- engage,
- enlist,
- enlistee,
- enroll,
- enrollee,
- entrant,
- fill,
- fill up,
- find,
- fledgling,
- fortify,
- freshman,
- fund,
- furnish,
- gain strength,
- gate-crasher,
- get back,
- get better,
- give,
- give back,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- hire,
- ignoramus,
- immigrant,
- impress,
- improve,
- increase,
- induct,
- inductee,
- infant,
- initiate,
- intruder,
- invest,
- join,
- keep,
- learner,
- levy,
- list,
- maintain,
- make available,
- make provision for,
- mend,
- mobilize,
- muster,
- muster in,
- neophyte,
- nestling,
- new arrival,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- novice,
- novitiate,
- novus homo,
- parvenu,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- place in,
- postulant,
- preengage,
- prepare,
- present,
- press,
- probationer,
- probationist,
- provide,
- provide for,
- put back,
- raise,
- rally,
- raw recruit,
- reactivate,
- reanimate,
- rebuild,
- recall to life,
- recharge,
- reconstitute,
- reconvert,
- recoup,
- recuperate,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- refill,
- reform,
- refresh,
- regain,
- regenerate,
- rehabilitate,
- reheat the ashes,
- reinforce,
- reinspire,
- reinstall,
- reinstate,
- reinstitute,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- rejuvenate,
- rekindle,
- relight,
- renew,
- renovate,
- repair,
- replace,
- replenish,
- repossess,
- reserve,
- restore,
- resurrect,
- resuscitate,
- retain,
- retrieve,
- return,
- revest,
- revitalize,
- revive,
- revivify,
- rewarm,
- rookie,
- selectee,
- settler,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- sign up for,
- sleep it off,
- squatter,
- stir the embers,
- stock,
- store,
- stowaway,
- strengthen,
- subsidize,
- summon,
- supplement,
- supply,
- support,
- take into employment,
- take on,
- tenderfoot,
- trainee,
- turn the corner,
- tyro,
- upstart,
- warm over,
- warm up,
- yield