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Definition of Recruit
Recruit

To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.

Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.

To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men.

To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.

To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.

A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.

Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

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Recruit Quotations

There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.
R. Lee Ermey

If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
Bobby Knight

By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people.
Estelle Morris

In fact, I really didn't get enthused about his Secretary of State race until I attended a couple of his rallies and found out there were a bunch of young folks that there were a bunch of young folks that he had been able to recruit on his own.
Birch Bayh

We've got to recognize that when we march into Iraq, we're setting up the card tables in front of every university in the Arab world, the Islamic world, to recruit for al-Qaida.
Chris Matthews

Recruit Translations

recruit in Dutch is recruteren
recruit in Italian is coscritto, assoldare, integrare
recruit in Portuguese is recruta
recruit in Spanish is reclutar, alistar, suplementar
recruit in Swedish is rekrytera, rekryt

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