enlistmentn.

/ɛnˈlɪstmənt/

Etymology: < enlist v. + -ment suffix.

1. The action or process of enlisting men for military service; the action of engaging oneself for military service. Also figurative and attributive.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun]

enrolling1467

raisec1500

conscription1529

prest1542

enrolment1552

listing1641

delectus1656

enlisting1757

enlistment1765

recruitment1793

crimping1795

sign-up1908

induction1934

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 139 Lest there should not be a voluntary inlistment.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 78 The enlistment of persons of this description in the corps of this army.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 27 July By enlistment huts and rendezvous tents for the army and navy.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos viii. 108 Different subjects for the enlistment of their immortal energies.

1879 Soldiering in Cassell's Techn. Educator III. 139 The smooth-sounding title of ‘lowering the standard of enlistment’.

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2. ‘The document by which a soldier is bound’ (Webster). ? U.S. only.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	enlistment
释义	enlistmentn. /ɛnˈlɪstmənt/ Etymology: < enlist v. + -ment suffix. 1. The action or process of enlisting men for military service; the action of engaging oneself for military service. Also figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] enrolling1467 raisec1500 conscription1529 prest1542 enrolment1552 listing1641 delectus1656 enlisting1757 enlistment1765 recruitment1793 crimping1795 sign-up1908 induction1934 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 139 Lest there should not be a voluntary inlistment. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 78 The enlistment of persons of this description in the corps of this army. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 27 July By enlistment huts and rendezvous tents for the army and navy. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos viii. 108 Different subjects for the enlistment of their immortal energies. 1879 Soldiering in Cassell's Techn. Educator III. 139 The smooth-sounding title of ‘lowering the standard of enlistment’. Categories » 2. ‘The document by which a soldier is bound’ (Webster). ? U.S. only. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1765
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