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enlist

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1. enlist - Noun

2. enlist - Verb

Meaning

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

To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.

To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.

To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.

To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Zoroastrianism is about the opposition of good and evil. For the triumph of good, we have to make a choice. We can enlist on the side of good by prospering, making money and using our wealth to help others. Rohinton Mistry

The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter. William Lyon Mackenzie King

Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt. Thomas Jefferson

The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you. Walter Martin

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself. Victoria of the United Kingdom

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. Alexandre Dumas

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