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| 1. | compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft. |
| 2. | a compulsory contribution of money to a government during a time of war. |
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Conscription
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conscription
1382, "a putting in writing," from M.Fr. conscription, from L. conscriptionem (nom. conscriptio) "a drawing up of a list, enrollment, a levying of soldiers," from conscribere "to enroll," from com- "with" + scribere "to write" (see script). The sense "compulsory enlistment for military service" (1800) is from the French Republic act of Sept. 5, 1798. Technically, a conscription is the enrollment of a fixed number by lot, with options of providing a substitute. The verb conscript is 1813, popularized during U.S. Civil War (1862).
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Conscription
Con*scrip"tion\, n. [L. conscriptio: cf. F. conscription.]1. An enrolling or registering. The conscription of men of war. --Bp. Burnet. 2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Conscription
Con*scrip"tion\, a. Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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