CONSCRIPT


Meaning of CONSCRIPT in English

[con.script] n (1800): a conscripted person (as a military recruit)

[2]con.script vt (1813): to enroll into service by compulsion: draft "was ~ed into the army" [3]con.script adj [alter. of F conscrit, fr. L conscriptus, pp. of conscribere to enroll, enlist, fr. com- + scribere to write--more at scribe] (1823) 1: enrolled into service by compulsion: drafted

2: made up of conscripted persons

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