recruit

Definitions

1. 1.Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
2. 2.To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men. M. Arnold.
3. 3.To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
4. 4.To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
5. 5.A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reënforcement. The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. Burke.
6. 6.Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is recruit.

• What is hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate called?
• What is to gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures called?
• What is to gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops called?
• What is a supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reënforcement. The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. Burke called?
• What is specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier called?