conscript
verb /kənˈskrɪpt/
/kənˈskrɪpt/
(especially British English) (North American English usually draft)
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they conscript | /kənˈskrɪpt/ /kənˈskrɪpt/ |
| he / she / it conscripts | /kənˈskrɪpts/ /kənˈskrɪpts/ |
| past simple conscripted | /kənˈskrɪptɪd/ /kənˈskrɪptɪd/ |
| past participle conscripted | /kənˈskrɪptɪd/ /kənˈskrɪptɪd/ |
| -ing form conscripting | /kənˈskrɪptɪŋ/ /kənˈskrɪptɪŋ/ |
- to order somebody by law to join the armed forces synonym call up
- be conscripted (into something) He was conscripted into the army in 1939.
- be conscripted for something to be conscripted for military service
Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a noun): from French conscrit, from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere ‘enrol’. The verb is a back-formation from conscription.