GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

  1.       
    Enlist (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlisting.]
    1. To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

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    2. To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, “to enlist men”.

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    3. To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, “to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise”.

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  2.       
    enlisted adj. prenom.  (Mil.) designating to those members of the armed forces not commissioned as an officer; as, “an enlisted man”.

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