Definition of conscribe Conscribe
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What does conscribe mean?
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- conscribe (v. t.)
To enroll; to enlist.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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conscribe
kon-′skrīb′, v.t. to enlist by conscription.—adj. Con′script, enrolled, registered.—n. one enrolled and liable to serve as a soldier or sailor.—v.t. to enlist.—n. Conscrip′tion, a compulsory enrolment for naval or military service: the obtaining recruits by compulsion.—adj. Conscrip′tional.—Conscript fathers (patres conscripti), the senators of ancient Rome. [L. conscribĕre, to enrol—con, together, scribĕre, to write.]
