enlist
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Etymology
Verb
enlist (third-person singular simple present enlists, present participle enlisting, simple past and past participle enlisted)
- (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
- (intransitive) To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
- The army wants potential soldiers to enlist.
- (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
- We enlisted fifty new members.
- To secure, to obtain.
- They enlisted government's support.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”
Translations
to join a cause or organization
to recruit or to obtain
to secure