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Recruit

To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.

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Broader term 10

Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engage 76% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enlist 76% connected

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entrant 76% connected

One who enters; a beginner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fledgeling 76% connected

A young bird just fledged.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Freshman 76% connected

novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Neophyte 76% connected

A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Ch…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Newcomer 76% connected

One who has lately come.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Starter 76% connected

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enlist 76% connected

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Matriculate 76% connected

To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by en…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Draft 74% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Draft 74% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Levy 74% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Levy 74% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Enrol 92% connected

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oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enroll 92% connected

To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enter 92% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inscribe 92% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Levy 92% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raise 92% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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