Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enlisting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enlist \En*list"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enlisted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Enlisting}.]
1. To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

2. To engage for military or naval service, the name being
entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.

3. To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing
interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or
in a charitable enterprise.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

enlisting
n : the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army
(or for a job or a cause etc.) [syn: {recruitment}]


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