Enlist

Definition: Enlist

Enlist

Verb

1. Join the military.

2. As of aid, help, services, or support.

3. Engage somebody to enter the army.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "enlist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references)

Synonyms: Enlist

Aid

Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate).

Commission

Put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.

Motive

Persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court.

Use

Render useful; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of.

Warfare

Verb: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk; go to war, wage war, 'let slip the dogs of war'; cry havoc; kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war; raise one's banner, raise the fire cross; hoist the black flag; throw away, fling away the scabbard; enroll, enlist; take the field; take the law into one's own hands; do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle; flesh one's sword; set to, fall to, engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords; come to blows, come to close quarters; fight; combat; contend; battle with, break a lance with.

Crosswords: Enlist

Judge gave him a choice; enlist or go to jail (American Ninja; writing credit: Gideon Amir; Paul De Mielche)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Enlist Micros Resource Manual (reference)

• Enlist, Train, Support Church Leaders (reference)

• Guided Imagery for Surgery: Enlist Your Mind and Body's Innate Wisdom for Healing Before, During and After Surgery [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• The caveman within us : his peculiarities and powers : how we can enlist his aid for health and efficiency (reference)

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Shows poster of artistically rendered landscape scene with woman standing in foreground holding a sword - white light shines down on woman with slogans: "Cancer Is Curable," "Enlist In The Women's Field Army," "American Society For The Control Of Cancer". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Poster shows an artistically rendered profile of woman with right arm holding up a sword with slogans: "Fight Cancer With Knowledge," "Enlist In The Women's Field Army," "American Society For The Control Of Cancer.". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Enlist in a Proud Profession! / Edmundson. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The voluntary manner in which some of the Southern volunteers enlist. Credit: Library of Congress.

Enlist in the U.S. Navy--your country needs you!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Enlist with the "Seabees". Credit: Library of Congress.

The labor-management committee of the Titeflex Metal House Company, Newark, New Jersey set up this suggestion box to enlist employee's ideas for stimulating war production. Local and national awards are made for suggestions accepted. Credit: Library of Congress.

Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into their draft boards at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to sign voluntary induction applications. They have just been allowed to enlist in a recently formed U.S. Army combat regiment made up. Credit: Library of Congress.

Enlist in the Signal Corps--Receive a technical education free / J. McGibbon Brown S.C. U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress.

Uncle Sam says "Enlist for college" The student loan fund is for the aid of Methodist college students / / M.M. Petersham. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Only the defeated and deserters go to the wars, cowards that run away and enlist.

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Health

New and expanded programs be planned and initiated soon to educate physicians, other health professionals, and the public to the significance of elevated blood cholesterol and the importance of treating it. We recommend that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provide the focus for development of plans for a National Cholesterol Education Program that would enlist participation by and contributions from all interested organizations at national, state, and local levels. (references)

Business

All of the parties have undertaken to enlist more women. (references)

Civil Liberties

Chile

The regulations require prisons to develop areas for worship and enlist Protestant and Catholic chaplains to hold services. (references)

Economic History

Slovenia

Where our initiatives clearly build on Slovenia's strengths and enlist Slovenian collaboration on common concerns, we will find a willing partner. (references)

Slovenia

Given Slovenia's relative economic success and location on the periphery of stable Europe, its history, language, business ties, and insights into the region, the United States should enlist Slovenia wherever we can as a partner in advancing our shared goal of regional political and economic stability. (references)

Human Rights

Paraguay

The armed forces no longer allow 17-year-olds to enlist with parental permission. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

The SPLM/SPLA and most independent analysts regard the 1997 agreement as a tactical government effort to enlist southerners to the Government's side. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Male dual nationals of military age who have not completed military service are not generally required to enlist in the armed forces; however, before they can leave Egypt, they must obtain an exemption certificate through the Ministry of Defense draft office. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "enlist": enlist help ♦ enlist under the banners of. Additional references.

Ending with "enlist": re-enlist.

Albanian

rekrutoj (conscript, draft, draught, induct, levy, recruit), marr në shërbim, futem në ushtri. (various references)

Arabic 

‏حث على خدمة, ‏تطوع (recruit, volunteer, volunteering), ‏تجند (join up, soldier), ‏عبأ (box, load, mobilize, put up, top up), ‏جند (camp, commandeer, draft, draught, enroll, induct, recruit, soldiery), ‏إستخدم لنصرة قضية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

събирам (accumulate, add, add together, add up, aggregate, amass, assemble, bring together, call forth, call together, club, collect, compile, congregate, cumulate, drum up, embody, foot, furl, garner, gather, get together, harvest, lump, lump together, mass, muster, muster up, pin down, pull together, punch, raise, rake, rake together, rake up, rally, reassemble, reunite, round up, run up, scare up, sum, sum up, swoop, total, totalize, whip in), спечелвам (acquire, attach, carry off, engage, fetch, gain, get, get the best of it, land, make, obtain, pot, profit, purchase, win, win through), рекрутирам, включвам се, завербувам, постъпвам във флотата, постъпвам във войската, подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with). (various references)

Chinese 

徵召 (draft), 征 (Enlisted, Enlisting), 入伍 (enter the army). (various references)

Czech

získat (acquire, cajole, capture, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, gain, get, make, notch up, obtain, pick up, piece up, procure, pull, raise, score, secure, take, win), zapsat (enrol, enroll, enter, input, key in, put down, record, register, take down, write down), zanést (choke up, enter up, take), vyhledat (look up), odvést na vojnu (conscript). (various references)

Dutch

dienst nemen. (various references)

Esperanto

varbiĝi. (various references)

Farsi 

نام نویسی کردن (Enter, Matriculate), کمک طلب کردن از, درفهرست نوشتن (Table), برای سربازی گرفتن . (various references)

Finnish

värväytyä, värvätä (drum up, recruit), pestautua (ship), ottaa pesti. (various references)

French

enrôler (enrol, enwrap), s'engager (engage), se recruter, mobiliser, faire enrôler, appeler pour défendre une cause, être volontaire. (various references)

German

beteiligen (engage, involve, participate). (various references)

Greek 

κατατάσσομαι (join, join up, rank). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ת�'יס (bear arms, join up), ל�"צביא (conscript, mobilize, muster, recruit). (various references)

Hungarian

igénybe vesz (avail oneself of, to draw on, to impress, to overtax, to press into service, to requisition, to resort, to resort to sg, to tax), besoroz (conscript, draft, draught, enrol, enroll, induct, to attest, to conscript, to draft, to enlist, to enrol, to enroll, to induct, to list, to muster in), beiratkozik (matriculate, to enrol, to enroll). (various references)

Indonesian

mendaftarkan (enroll, register). (various references)

Italian

procurarsi (acquire, get, land, obtain, procure, raise, secure), ingaggiare (engage, enrol, enroll, hire, recruit), far partecipare (participate in), dare il proprio appoggio a, arruolarsi (enrol, enroll), arruolare (draft, draught, enrol, enroll, join up, levy, recruit, sign on, sign up, tout, woo), aderire (accede, accrete, adhere, assent, cleave, cling, cohere, comply, comply with, join, subscribe). (various references)

Korean 

입대하십시�". (various references)

Manx

listal (enlistment, enrol, enrolment, join up, leaning, list, recruit, recruitment, tilting). (various references)

Norwegian

verve, slutte seg til (infer, join). (various references)

Pig Latin

enlistay.(various references)

Portuguese

engajar‐se, recrutar (conscript, crimp, enrol, enroll, impress, levy, list, recruit), conseguir (accrue, attain, come at, draw, drew, effect, filibeg, gain, get, make, obtain, pick, pick up, pot, procure, purchase, succeed), atrair (allure, appeal, attract, bait, charm, court, decoy, drain-away, draw, drew, entice, fascinate, inveigle, invite, lure, magnetize, rope, to attract, trepan), assegurar (affirm, asseverate, assure, ensure, insure, preserve, secure, shore up, state, vouch), aliste, alistar‐se, alistar (enrol, enroll, inscribe, list, recruit, register). (various references)

Romanian

se înrola (list), recruta (commandeer, conscript, draft, levy, muster in, recruit), înscrie pe o listã (enrol, list), înrola (levy, recruit), înregistra (bill, book, chalk up, commit, enregister, enter, list, record, register, score, write). (various references)

Russian 

вербоваться, вербовать (enrol, recruit, recruited), заручаться, привлекать (allure, attract, drum up, magnetize). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

regrutovati (conscript, draft, levy, recruit), angažovati (book, engage). (various references)

Spanish

enrolar (enrol, enroll, ship, sign on, sign up), engancharse (catch, engage, hook, snag), reclutar (beat up, commandeer, conscript, levy, raise, recruit), conseguir (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, compass, gain, get, get hold of, getting, land, obtain, procure, pull off, purchase, put across, put over, score, succeed, walk in, win), alistarse (enrol, enroll, enter, join, join up, report, sign on, sign up), alistar (enrol, enroll, enter, induct, join up, recruit). (various references)

Swedish

värva (enrol, enroll, recruit, sign on, solicit), ta värvning (enrol, enroll, join up). (various references)

Thai

สมัครเป็นทหาร, ขอความช่วยเหลือ. (various references)

Turkish

sağlamak (accommodate, accommodate smb. with, arm, assure, carry, cater, cater for, come in, derive, ensure, extract, fend for, find, fix, fix up, furnish, get out of, implement, keep, lay in, lay on, maintain, make, obtain, procure, provide, provide with, provision, purvey, secure, suck, supply, yield), kaydetmek (book, calendar, check in, Chronicle, enrol, enroll, enter, have smth. taped, inscribe, list, record, register, set down, tape, tape record, transcribe, write down), kayırmak (back, Favor, favour, protect, show favour), gönüllü yazılmak (volunteer), askere kaydetmek (muster in), askere almak (conscript, Crimp, draft, draught, enrol, enroll, induct, levy, recruit), asker olmak (be in the army, bear arms, get into khaki, go soldiering, join the army, wear the king's coat). (various references)

Turkmen 

pyntyklamak (dial (to telephone), recruit). (various references)

Ukrainian

вступати (accede, enter, enter into, tread), вербувати (beat up, recruit). (various references)

Welsh

ymrestru. (various references)

inscribo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "enlist": enlisted, enlistee, enlistees, enlister, enlisters, enlisting, enlistment, enlistments, enlists. (additional references)

Words ending with "enlist": reenlist. (additional references)

Words containing "enlist": reenlisted, reenlisting, reenlistment, reenlistments, reenlists. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Enlist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anilist, anlist, benoist, elist, Elista, endism, Engis, Englyst, enil, enis, enlite, envist, neist, unlist. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: elints, inlets, listen, silent, tinsel.

-1 letter: elint, inlet, inset, islet, istle, lenis, liens, lines, lints, neist, nites, senti, stein, stile, tiles, tines.

-2 letters: isle, leis, lens, lent, lest, lets, lien, lies, line, lins, lint, list, lite, lits, nest, nets, nils, nite, nits, sent, silt, sine, site, slit, snit, tels, tens, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins.

-3 letters: els, ens, ins.

+1 letter: clients, dentils, elastin, enlists, entails, entoils, glisten, lectins, lentils, lentisk, liniest, linnets, lintels, linters, lisente, listens, luniest, luteins, nailset, pintles, plenist, salient, saltine, setline, silents, singlet, slainte, stencil, tenails, tensile, tingles, tinkles, tinsels, utensil, wintles.

+2 letters: ailments, alienist, aliments, alunites, beltings, blindest, blintzes, bustline, centiles, cutlines, diluents, elastins, elations, elutions, enlisted, enlistee, enlister, entitles, entrails, ethinyls, feltings, gelatins, genitals, gentiles, gillnets, glistens, holstein, hotlines, inflates, inflects, insolate, insolent, instable, insulate, insulted, insulter, intitles, kinglets, lankiest, latrines, lections, lenities, lentisks, lightens, lignites, linecuts, lingiest, lintiest, lintless, listened, listener, litanies, looniest, lutenist, manliest, melanist, minstrel, nailsets, neoliths, nestlike, nestling, niellist, nimblest, nitriles, novelist, oilstone, outlines, panelist, pantiles, penlites, pestling, plainest, plenists, plenties, potlines, ratlines, reenlist, retinals, retinols, ringlets, salients, saltines, selenite, senility, sentinel, setlines, settling, silenter, silently, singlets, sleeting, smaltine, smelting, splinted, splinter, stealing, steeling, stencils, sterling, stilbene, stillmen, telsonic, tendrils, tensible, tensibly, theelins, tinglers, tinklers, tinseled, tinselly, tintless, toenails, toplines, towlines, trenails, trindles, tunicles, twinkles, unlisted, unsilent, utensils, veinlets, ventails, weltings, winglets.