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Recruit [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The supply of any thing wasted; chiefly, a new raised soldier to supply the deficiency of an army.

Recruit [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To gain new supplies of any thing wasted; to gain flesh, health, spirits, etc.; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.

2. To gain new supplies of men; to raise new soldiers.

Recruit [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To repair by fresh supplies any thing wasted. We say, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.

2. Her cheeks glow the bright, recruiting their color.

3. To supply with new men any deficiency of troops; as, to recruit an army.

Recruit [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.

2. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

Recruit [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.

2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.

Recruit [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.

2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.

3. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men.

Recruited [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Furnished with new supplies of what is wasted.

Recruited [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Recruiter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, recruits.

Recruiting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The business of raising new soldiers to supply the loss of men in an army.

Recruiting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Furnishing with fresh supplies; raising new soldiers for an army.

Recruiting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Recruitment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act or business of raising new supplies of men for an army.

Recruitment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.