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Definition of Enlist
1. Verb. Join the military.
2. Verb. Hire for work or assistance. "Engage aid, help, services, or support"
3. Verb. Engage somebody to enter the army.
Specialized synonyms: Levy, Raise, Recruit
Generic synonyms: Enrol, Enroll, Enter, Inscribe, Recruit
Derivative terms: Draft, Draftee, Enlistee, Enlisting, Enlistment
Antonyms: Discharge
Definition of Enlist
1. v. t. To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
2. v. i. To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.
Definition of Enlist
1. Verb. (intransitive) To join a cause or organization, especially military service. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others. ¹
3. Verb. To secure, to obtain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enlist
1. to engage for military service [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Enlist
1. 1. To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war. 2. To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enlist
Literary usage of Enlist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... to enlist two additional companies, to be added to the regiment of volunteer
engineers, raised under the provisions of an act approved May twentieth, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... to enlist two additional companies, to be added to the régi ment of volunteer
engineers, raised under the provisions of an act approved May twentieth, ..."
3. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"Hence he infers the right, if men dp not voluntarily enlist, to force them by a
draft, in other words, by a conscription, into the ranks of the regular army ..."
4. History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the by George Ticknor Curtis (1854)
"The inducements to enlist were a bounty of twenty dollars and one hundred acres
of land to each non-commissioned officer or soldier; and to the commissioned ..."
5. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"... faces merged in the handkerchief- waving throng along the taffrail, she had
returned alone to Paris and made her unsuccessful attempt to enlist the aid ..."
6. The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Homer Saint-Gaudens (1913)
"IV THE FIRST STAY IN ITALY 1869-1872 War Declared on Germany—The Desire to
enlist—Wartime in France—The Journey to Rome—The Beauty of Rome—William Gedney ..."
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