Found 3 items, similar to Recruit.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: recruit
calon, mendapatkan, rekrut
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: recruit
recruit
n 1: a recently enlisted soldier
2: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn:
enlistee]
v 1: register formally as a participant or member;
“The party
recruited many new members” [syn:
enroll,
inscribe,
enter,
enrol]
2: seek to employ;
“The lab director recruited an able crew of
assistants”
3: cause to assemble or enlist in the military;
“raise an
army”;
“recruit new soldiers” [syn:
levy,
raise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Recruit
Recruit
\Re*cruit"\, 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.
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2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service;
to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
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Recruit
\Re*cruit"\, n.
1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a
re["e]nforcement.
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The state is to have recruits to its strength, and
remedies to its distempers. --Burke.
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2. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a
newly enlisted soldier.
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Recruit
\Re*cruit"\ (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[^i]/tre,
p. p. recr[^u], 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[=u]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.
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Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their
color. --Glanvill.
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2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in
strength or health; to reinvigorate.
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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.
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