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enlistment|ɛnˈlɪstmənt|
[f. enlist v. + -ment.]
1. The action or process of enlisting men for military service; the action of engaging oneself for military service. Also fig. and attrib.
1765T. Hutchinson Hist. Col. Mass. i. 139 Lest there should not be a voluntary inlistment. 1810Wellington in Gurw. Disp. VI. 78 The enlistment of persons of this description in the corps of this army. 1864Sala in Daily Tel. 27 July, By enlistment huts and rendezvous tents for the army and navy. 1871Macduff Mem. Patmos viii. 108 Different subjects for the enlistment of their immortal energies. 1879Soldiering in Cassell's Techn. Educ. III. 139 The smooth-sounding title of ‘lowering the standard of enlistment’.
2. ‘The document by which a soldier is bound’ (Webster). ? U.S. only. |