recruit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A supply of anything wasted or exhausted

   A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.

2. 2

   A person enlisted for service in the army

   A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

3. 3

   A hired worker

   • These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
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   1. 4

      A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

   2. 5

      To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer,…

      To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

      • We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
   3. 6

      To supply with new men, as an army

      To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster

      • the army was recruited for a campaign
      • they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
   4. 7

      To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies

      To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.

      • Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
      • […] I, abstemious naturally, and rendered so by the fever that preyed on me, was forced to recruit myself with food.
   5. 8

      To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.

   6. 9

      To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.

   7. 10

      To recuperate

      To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

      • Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
      • Go to the country to recruit.

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