Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Conscript \Con"script\, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere
to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See
Scribe.]
Enrolled; written; registered.
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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.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Conscript \Con"script\, n.
One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a
soldier or sailor.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Conscript \Con*script"\, v. t.
To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
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conscript
n : someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee,
inductee] [ant: volunteer]
v : enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"
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