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English Dictionary: conscription by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conscription
n
  1. compulsory military service [syn: conscription, muster, draft, selective service]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Conscription \Con*scrip"tion\, n. [L. conscriptio: cf. F.
      conscription.]
      1. An enrolling or registering.
  
                     The conscription of men of war.         --Bp. Burnet.
  
      2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval
            service; a draft.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Conscription \Con*scrip"tion\, a.
      Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.
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