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1. Register formally as a participant or member
   "The party recruited many new members";
   - enroll [N. Amer], inscribe, enter, enrol [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Seek to employ
   "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"
    
3. Cause to assemble or enlist in the military
   "recruit new soldiers";
   - levy, raise

1. A recently enlisted soldier
   - military recruit
    
2. Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
   - enlistee

Derived forms: recruits, recruiting, recruited

Type of: draft, engage, enlist, enlisted man [N. Amer], entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman [N. Amer], muster in, n00b [non-standard], neophyte, newb [non-standard], newbie [informal], newcomer, noob [non-standard], register, shavetail [N. Amer, informal], starter

Encyclopedia: Recruit