Verb

(en verb)

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

To join a cause or organization, especially military service.

The army wants potential soldiers to enlist .

To recruit the aid or membership of others.

We enlisted fifty new members.

To secure, to obtain.

They enlisted government's support.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”}}

Verb

(en verb)

to formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, et cetera.

to introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults).

to draft into military service.

to bring in as a member.