enlist
IPA: ɛnɫˈɪst
noun
- One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.
verb
- (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
- (intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.
- (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
- (transitive) To secure; to obtain.
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Examples of "enlist" in Sentences
- I will enlist as a soldier.
- The people enlisted for food.
- Croak enlisted in the military in 1915.
- Enlist the help of a staunch Defender of the Cruft.
- The government enlisted the military for repression.
- The army persuaded him to enlist in the Indian Scouts.
- As, of course, it will - if you choose to enlist, that is.
- Julio, ashamed of his wastrel life, enlists in the French Army.
- Also, Elirabett: JAG Officers don't "enlist"; they get a commission.
- Republicans and Democrats are always trying to "enlist" new recruits to help.
- He enlisted in the army in 1942, eventually retiring with the rank of colonel.
- After enlisting in the army, Mickey mounts a spirited defense of the farmhouse.
- He enlisted in the army as the only available alternative to starving to death.
- "In plain English, enlist in my company, my fine fellow, and your life and liberty are both safe."
- When Polish forces were deployed to Europe the only way to take the bear with them was to "enlist" him.
- I think the reason you won’t enlist, is you would indeed be officer material, and promptly get fragged by your own men.
- The eagerness to enlist is partly an extended expression of gratitude to the United States for liberating Guam from a brutal Japanese occupation during World War II.
- In fact, the worst thing most of the protesters say repeatedly is "enlist," which I'm sure Sparling and other veterans there found particularly insulting, but which actually isn't.
- Desperate for answers and a quick solution to the problem, the Nazi commanders set aside from personal grudge long enough to "enlist" a Jewish scholar with intimate knowledge of the keep and its history to find out what it is that is killing them off and seemingly defying all rational modes of engagement.
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