transitive. To engage (men) for military service on land or sea by giving a gratuity or part-payment of wages in advance; to enlist or levy by any…

transitive. To compel (a person) to enlist in the army or navy; to force (a person) into military service; = impress, v.2, prest, v.2 1 (but with…

transitive. To levy or furnish (a force) for military or naval service, to enlist; spec. to compel (men) to serve in the army or navy (in later use…

transitive. To impress for the army or navy.

transitive. To select (conscripts) by lot. Obsolete (historical in later use).

transitive. To recruit by conscription; = conscript, v. Also in extended use. Now rare.

transitive. To recruit by conscription; to force to enlist in the armed services. Also figurative and in extended use. Cf. conscribe, v. 2c.

transitive. To draw off or out and remove (a party of persons, animals, or things) from a larger body for some special duty or purpose. Chiefly in Mil…

transitive. To forcibly enlist (a person) into military service. Also in extended use: to force (a person) to do something.

to comb out. To clear out (men) for military service from civil employments.