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1recruit
verb re·cruit \ri-ˈkrüt\
: to find suitable people and get them to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.
: to form or build (a group, team, army, etc.) by getting people to join
: to persuade (someone) to join you in some activity or to help you
Full Definition of RECRUIT
transitive verb
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a (1) : to fill up the number of (as an army) with new members : reinforce (2) : to enlist as a member of an armed service b : to increase or maintain the number of <America recruited her population from Europe> c : to secure the services of : engage, hire d : to seek to enroll <recruit prospective students>
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: to restore or increase the health, vigor, or intensity of
intransitive verb
: to enlist new members
— re·cruit·er noun
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First Known Use of RECRUIT
1642
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Rhymes with RECRUIT
acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit
2recruit
noun
: a person who has recently joined the armed forces
: a person who has recently joined a company, organization, etc.
Full Definition of RECRUIT
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: a fresh or additional supply
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: a newcomer to a field or activity; specifically : a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces
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: a former enlisted man of the lowest rank in the army
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Origin of RECRUIT
French recrute, recrue fresh growth, new levy of soldiers, from Middle French, from recroistre to grow up again, from Latin recrescere, from re- + crescere to grow — more at crescent
First Known Use: 1645
RECRUIT Defined for Kids
1recruit
verb re·cruit \ri-ˈkrüt\
re·cruit·edre·cruit·ing
Definition of RECRUIT for Kids
1
: to enlist as a member of the armed forces
2
: to get the services of <The team recruited a new pitcher.>
2recruit
noun
Definition of RECRUIT for Kids
1
: a newly enlisted member of the armed forces
2
: a newcomer to a group or field of activity
Medical Dictionary
recruit
transitive verb re·cruit \ri-ˈkrüt\
Medical Definition of RECRUIT
: to restore or increase the health, vigor, or intensity of
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