Crossword-Solution: RECRUIT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Recruit | v. t. | 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. |
| Recruit | v. t. | Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate. |
| Recruit | v. t. | 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. |
| Recruit | v. i. | To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures. |
| Recruit | v. i. | To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops. |
| Recruit | n. | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement. |
| Recruit | n. | Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier. |
Anagrams
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| RECRUIT | anagram | CERRUTI |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with RECRUIT (5)
One example of this is the capability to digitally measure a new recruit for an army uniform, transmit the information to a clothing manufacturer, and take delivery of a custom-tailored uniform the next day.
The best-known Panther recruit was Eldridge Cleaver who, like Malcolm X, had educated himself while in prison.
The Army Intelligence Division G-2 personnel staff poured through new recruit files in hopes of recruiting them into the voluntary program.
Achmet Zek watched his recruit with eagle eye, and with a growing satisfaction which finally found expression in a greater confidence in the man, and resulted in an increased independence of action for Werper.
The afternoon on which Montraville had visited her she had found herself languid and fatigued, and after making a very slight dinner had lain down to endeavour to recruit her exhausted spirits, and, contrary to her expectations, had fallen asleep.
Quotes with RECRUIT (3)
He, too, was in the grip of rage and rhetoric. I saw that, attractive though his side of the political spectrum was. A cancerous violence had eaten into every political idea, had taken over the ideas themselves, and for so many, all that mattered was the willingness to do something. Action led to action, free of any moorings, and the way to be someone, the way to catch the attention of the young and recruit them to one's cause, was to be enraged. It seemed as if the only way …
Holding a precious book meant to Mendel what an assignment with a woman might to another man. These moments were his platonic nights of love. Books had power over him; money never did. Great collectors, including the founder of a collection in Princeton University Library, tried in vain to recruit him as an adviser and buyer for their libraries — Jakob Mendel declined; no one could imagine him anywhere but in the Café Gluck. Thirty-three years ago, when his beard was still so…
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 25 times in crossword archives (1975–2020).