Definitions for recruit

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recruit re·cruit

Spelling: [ri-kroot]

IPA: /rɪˈkrut/

Recruit is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in recruit (ceirrtu).

Definitions for recruit

noun

1. a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
2. a new member of a group, organization, or the like.
3. a fresh supply of something.

verb (used with object)

1. to enlist (a person) for service in one of the armed forces.
2. to raise (a force) by enlistment.
3. to strengthen or supply (an armed force) with new members.
4. to furnish or replenish with a fresh supply; renew.
5. to renew or restore (the health, strength, etc.).
6. to attempt to acquire the services of (a person) for an employer:
7. to attempt to enroll or enlist (a member, affiliate, student, or the like):
8. to seek to enroll (an athlete) at a school or college, often with an offer of an athletic scholarship.

verb (used without object)

1. to enlist persons for service in one of the armed forces.
2. to engage in finding and attracting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc.
3. to recover health, strength, etc.
4. to gain new supplies of anything lost or wasted.

Origin of recruit

1635-45; French, stem of recruter, derivative of recrue new growth, noun use of feminine past participle of recroître (re- re- + croître Latin crēscere to grow; cf.

Examples for recruit

The air is so pure, too, that people come there to recruit their health.

Oh, didn't I kiss your uncle Pascal when he brought you here to recruit your health!'

These exercises correct the form of the body and transform the recruit into a soldier.

She is accused of using her celebrity to recruit socially disadvantaged minors with the potential to become professional models.

She did what seemed easiest—she took him down to recruit at Howards End.

In April of this year, the FBI tried to recruit a member of the Guantanamo defense team as an informant.

He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.

But then something funny happened: The GOP actually began to recruit black and Hispanic candidates.

He had been sick and had come on board in order to recruit his health.

The company declined to comment on their efforts to recruit more women, but the current drivers say they are working hard at it.