enlist
verb (used without object)
to enroll, usually voluntarily, for military service.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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"She is poor and unassuming, you will create a position for her, and whether she tames the king as his lady confessor, or his sweetheart, you will have enlisted a new and valuable ally."
From Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas père