conscribe
Americanverb (used with object)
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to constrict or limit; circumscribe.
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to force into military service; conscript.
Etymology
Origin of conscribe
1540–50; < Latin conscrībere to enroll, enlist, equivalent to con- con- + scrībere to write
Example Sentences
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“If you conscribe them, they will evade the law by all possible means, and you will turn honest men into law-breakers.”
From Burning Sands by Weigal, Arthur
August 15th.—I learn an order has been issued to conscribe all commissary and quartermasters’ clerks liable to military service.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
Her commerce would be increased to an incalculable extent, and she would have naval populations from which to conscribe the crews for fleets that she would be prompt to build.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
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