recruit

== English == === Etymology === From French recruter (as a verb). === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: rĭʹkro͞ot, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɹut/ (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɹuːt/ Rhymes: -uːt === Noun === recruit (plural recruits) A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier. A hired worker (biology, ecology) A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === recruit (third-person singular simple present recruits, present participle recruiting, simple past and past participle recruited) To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in. (biology, intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====