CONSCRIPTING

Verb

conscripting

present participle of conscript

Source: Wiktionary


CONSCRIPT

Con"script, a. Etym: [L. conscriptus, p.p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]

Definition: Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.

Con"script, n.

Definition: One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.

Con*script", v. t.

Definition: To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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