recruit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recruit	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for recruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recruit n a recently enlisted soldier [syn: recruit, {military recruit}] any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) Synonym(s): recruit, enlistee v register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" Synonym(s): enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants" cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" Synonym(s): recruit, levy, raise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recruit \Recruit"\, 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. 2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recruit \Recruit"\ (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[icir]/tre, p. p. recr[ucir], 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[umac]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. Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color. --Glanvill. 2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recruit \Re*cruit"\, n. 1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a re[89]nforcement. The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. --Burke. 2. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.