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[rɪˈkruːt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- enlist (someone) in the armed forces
(e.g: we recruit our toughest soldiers from the desert tribes)
- replenish or reinvigorate (numbers, strength, etc.)
(e.g: travelling was said to recruit the constitution)
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Origin
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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’
[rɪˈkruːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person newly enlisted in the armed forces and not yet fully trained
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Origin
:
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’
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