conscribe
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin conscribere. See conscript.
Verb edit
conscribe (third-person singular simple present conscribes, present participle conscribing, simple past and past participle conscribed)
- (obsolete) To enroll; to enlist.
- 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC:
- this armie […] was conscribed and come together to Harflete.
References edit
- “conscribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Verb edit
cōnscrībe