Thesaurus: conscript

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1. a. Enrolled; written; registered.
2. n. One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
3. v. t. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
4. n. someone who is drafted into military service
5. v. enroll into service compulsorily
6. Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti. One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
7. Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.),the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were firstenrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti;afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
8. v:23/n:77 v. enroll into service compulsorily