enlist
verb
[ ɪnˈlɪst ]
• enrol or be enrolled in the armed services.
• "he enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service"
Similar:
join up,
join,
enrol in,
sign up for,
volunteer for,
take the King's shilling,
recruit,
call up,
enrol,
sign up,
mobilize,
raise,
muster,
rally,
hire,
employ,
take on,
engage,
conscript,
draft,
induct,
press,
press-gang,
levy,
list,
Origin:
mid 16th century (formerly also as inlist ): from en-1, in-2 ‘in, on’ + list1, perhaps suggested by Dutch inlijsten ‘put on a list’.
