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.
Origin: 1635–45; < French, stem of recruter, derivative of recrue new growth, noun use of feminine past participle of recroître (re-re- + croître < Latin crēscere to grow; compare crescent)