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enlist
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enlist (oneself) for something
to sign up for something; to enroll for something. Sam wouldn't enlist for service. Todd enlisted himself for the army last week.

enlist someone for something

to enroll someone for something; to seek help for something from someone. I enlisted all of them for the understudy parts. Can I enlist you for the committee?

enlist someone in something

to recruit someone into something; to recruit someone into the armed services. They tried to enlist me in the army, but I decided against it. David enlisted his brother in an organization that gave assistance to peasants in South America.

enlist(oneself) in something

to join something; to join the armed services. She decided not to enlist herself in the air force. Bill enlisted in the army.


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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.
Caring for veterans by Hoare, Tony / Australian Nursing Journal
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.
Is it time to bring back the draft? As the wars in Iraq and ... by Smith, Patricia / New York Times Upfront
6) Under the British, Africans--free and enslaved--were very conspicuous among colonial enlistees in the French and Indian War fought in New York.
Out of the shadows: African descendants--revolutionary combatants in ... by Williams-Myers, A.J. / Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
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