Definition of conscript

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con·script    (knskrpt) KEY 

NOUN:

One compulsorily enrolled for service, especially in the armed forces; a draftee.

ADJECTIVE:

Enrolled compulsorily; drafted.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
con·script·ed, con·script·ing, con·scripts (kn-skrpt)

To enroll compulsorily into service; draft.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin cnscriptus, past participle of cnscrbere, to enroll : com-, com- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots