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enlist
[ en-list ]
verb (used without object)
- to enroll, usually voluntarily, for military service:
He decided to enlist in the Marines.
- to enter into some cause, enterprise, etc.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used with object)
- to engage for military service:
to enlist men for the army.
- to secure (a person, services, etc.) for some cause, enterprise, etc.:
They enlisted us to serve as ushers at the meeting.
enlist
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to enter or persuade to enter into an engagement to serve in the armed forces
- tr to engage or secure (a person, his services, or his support) for a venture, cause, etc
- intrfoll byin to enter into or join an enterprise, cause, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
- ˈٳԳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·İ noun
- e· verb
- ܲe·Ļ adjective
Example Sentences
Nichols' has even enlisted a team of graduate student researchers in Amsterdam and postdocs to assist in reviewing the estimates.
The two suspects, however, were unaware that the two people they had enlisted were “affiliated with and acting at the direction of the FBI,” according to the Justice Department’s statement.
Still, blackmail is no way to enlist the firm’s good counsel.
They had also enlisted the help of the European Legal Support Centre, which put forward legal submissions to the misconduct panel and argued that the university had a legal duty to protect freedom of speech.
To achieve that level of in-camera wonder, the filmmaker enlisted John Nolan Studio, the storied London-based animatronics outfit with credits on productions ranging from the “Harry Potter” franchise to the more recent “Jurassic World: Dominion.”
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