enlist
en- + list
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source: 特設コーナー 防衛省自衛隊東京地方協力本部
verb
enroll or be enrolled in the armed services:
〈人〉を軍隊に入れる (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. with object : hundreds of thousands of recruits had been enlisted
«軍隊に/…として/兵役のために» (自ら進んで)入隊する «in/as/for»
e.g. no object : he enlisted in the army.
with object engage (a person or their help or support):
〈人の援助・支持など〉を求める; «…してくれるよう/…で» 〈人〉に協力を求める «to do/in»
e.g. the company enlisted the help of independent consultants.
DERIVATIVES
enlistee noun
enlister noun
ORIGIN
mid 16th century (formerly also as inlist): from en-1, in-2 ‘in, on’ + list1, perhaps suggested by Dutch inlijsten ‘put on a list’.