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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conscript \Con"script\, n. One taken by lot or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conscript \Con*script"\, v. t. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conscript \Con"script\, a. [L. conscriptus p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] Enrolled; written; registered. {Conscript fathers} (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the ``fathers'' the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conscript n : a serviceman who is drafted [syn: {draftee}] [ant: {volunteer}] v : cause to assemble or enlist; "raise an army" [syn: {recruit}, {levy}, {raise}]
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