[ri-kroot] 
| 1. | a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces. |
| 2. | a new member of a group, organization, or the like. |
| 3. | a fresh supply of something. |
| 4. | to enlist (a person) for service in one of the armed forces. |
| 5. | to raise (a force) by enlistment. |
| 6. | to strengthen or supply (an armed force) with new members. |
| 7. | to furnish or replenish with a fresh supply; renew. |
| 8. | to renew or restore (the health, strength, etc.). |
| 9. | to attempt to acquire the services of (a person) for an employer: She recruits executives for all the top companies. |
| 10. | to attempt to enroll or enlist (a member, affiliate, student, or the like): a campaign to recruit new club members. |
| 11. | to seek to enroll (an athlete) at a school or college, often with an offer of an athletic scholarship. |
| 12. | to enlist persons for service in one of the armed forces. |
| 13. | to engage in finding and attracting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc. |
| 14. | to recover health, strength, etc. |
| 15. | to gain new supplies of anything lost or wasted. |
| re·cruit (rĭ-krōōt') v. re·cruit·ed, re·cruit·ing, re·cruits v. tr.
[French recruter, from obsolete recrute, recruit, variant of recrue, from feminine past participle of recroître, to grow again, from Old French recroistre : re-, re- + croistre, to grow (from Latin crēscere; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots).] re·cruit'er n., re·cruit'ment n. |
