ENLIST

v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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.

4.
v.

To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.

5.
v.

To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.


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