conscribe — to enroll someone compulsorily for military service; to draft
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to enroll someone compulsorily for military service; to draft
Pronunciation (IPA): /kənˈskraɪb/
Example Sentences
- The king decided to conscribe every village blacksmith because they could make weapons.
- During the zombie apocalypse, the military had to conscribe even pizza delivery guys for their navigation skills.
- The desperate coach tried to conscribe his grandmother for the basketball team when all players got injured.
conscribe
VERB[/kənˈskraɪb/]
to enroll someone compulsorily for military service; to draft
The general decided to conscribe every able-bodied villager into his desperate army.
Conscribe the youth, describe their health, prescribe their fate
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Derived from Latin conscribere, meaning to write together or record jointly. The term originally referred to enrolling names on a list collectively, and evolved to mean conscripting or enlisting individuals into military service by official registration.
Breakdown
con- (together) + scribere (to write, inscribe). The compound originally denoted the act of writing names together on a register, which later specialized to mean drafting or enrolling soldiers into military service.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The king decided to conscribe every village blacksmith because they could make weapons.”
“During the zombie apocalypse, the military had to conscribe even pizza delivery guys for their navigation skills.”
“The desperate coach tried to conscribe his grandmother for the basketball team when all players got injured.”
“Modern democracies rarely conscribe citizens without their consent.”
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