RECRUIT

I. Date: 1643 transitive verb 1. a. to fill up the number of (as an army) with new members ; reinforce , to enlist as a member of an armed service, to increase or maintain the number of , to secure the services of ; engage , hire , to seek to enroll , replenish , to restore or increase the health, vigor, or intensity of, intransitive verb to enlist new members, ~er noun II. noun see: crescent Date: circa 1645 a fresh or additional supply, a newcomer to a field or activity, a former enlisted man of the lowest rank in the army