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enlist verb activate, admit, attract, call up, conscript, draft, employ, engage, enroll, get, impress, induce, induct, initiate, inscribe, join, mobilize, muster, procure, recruit, register, retain, sign up Associated concepts: conscription, enlist into a voluntary army, enlist support of witnesses, enlistment See also: appoint, bait, coax, convert, convince, employ, engage, enroll, hire, instate, join, levy, lobby, lure, persuade, prevail, prevail upon, procure, recruit, register, resort, retain How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| During World War II, one in seven of the total Australian population enlisted, and two thirds of enlistees (mostly men in their twenties and thirties) served overseas. But there are some indications that the Army is relaxing its standards: The age limit for enlistment has been raised from 35 to 42, and high school dropouts made up 19 percent of new enlistees in 2006, up from 6 percent in 2003. 6) Under the British, Africans--free and enslaved--were very conspicuous among colonial enlistees in the French and Indian War fought in New York. |
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