CONSCRIBE
\kˈɒnskɹa͡ɪb], \kˈɒnskɹaɪb], \k_ˈɒ_n_s_k_ɹ_aɪ_b]\
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kon-'skr[=i]b', v.t. to enlist by conscription.--adj. CON'SCRIPT, enrolled, registered.--n. one enrolled and liable to serve as a soldier or sailor.--v.t. to enlist.--n. CONSCRIP'TION, a compulsory enrolment for naval or military service: the obtaining recruits by compulsion.--adj. CONSCRIP'TIONAL.--CONSCRIPT FATHERS (patres conscripti), the senators of ancient Rome. [L. conscrib[)e]re, to enrol--con, together, scrib[)e]re, to write.]
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