1. recruit - Noun
2. recruit - Verb
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.
Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men.
To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.
Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAs a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children. Anita Bryant
In the long term, we've got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. There's a reason why people like [al-Qaida leader Osama] bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you don't have hope, you're attracted to an ideology which says, it's OK to kill people and kill yourself. George W. Bush
For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal. Arsène Wenger
We've got to recognize that when we march into Iraq, we're setting up the card tables in front of every university in the Arab world, the Islamic world, to recruit for al-Qaida. Chris Matthews
Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply. Stanley Fish
The recruit is the fastest animal of the forest. Finnish Proverb