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Enlistment

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en·list  (n-lst)
v. en·list·ed, en·list·ing, en·lists
v.tr.
1. To engage (persons or a person) for service in the armed forces.
2. To engage the support or cooperation of.
v.intr.
1. To enter the armed forces.
2. To participate actively in a cause or enterprise.
en·listment n.
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Noun1.Enlistmentenlistment - a period of time spent in military service
duty tour, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, tour
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
2.enlistment - the act of enlisting (as in a military service)
allegiance, commitment, loyalty, dedication - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
reenlistment - a renewed enlistment
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The hope of a still further increase afforded an inducement to those who were disposed to serve to procrastinate their enlistment, and disinclined them from engaging for any considerable periods.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The Englishmen in Africa went even further, saying that these poor blacks were held in virtual slavery, since after their terms of enlistment expired their ignorance was imposed upon by their white officers, and they were told that they had yet several years to serve.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The scout hesitated, as if weighing the chances of such a strange enlistment in his mind before he answered:
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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