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  • 1Conscript (disambiguation) — Conscript may refer to: Constructed script The Conscript, a 1974 Belgian film Conscription, the process of drafting a country s population into involuntary labour. The ConScript Unicode Registry for coordinating Unicode private use area… …

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  • 2conscript — index bind (obligate), coerce, impose (enforce), induct, levy, recruit Burton s Legal Thesaurus …

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  • 3Conscript — Con script, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con + scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] Enrolled; written; registered. [1913 Webster] {Conscript fathers} (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain …

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  • 4Conscript fathers — Conscript Con script, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con + scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] Enrolled; written; registered. [1913 Webster] {Conscript fathers} (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome.… …

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  • 5conscript — [kən skript′; ] for adj. & n. [ kän′skript΄] vt. ☆ [< CONSCRIPT the adj.] 1. to enroll for compulsory service in the armed forces; draft 2. to force (labor, capital, etc.) into service for the government adj. [L conscriptus, pp. of conscribere …

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  • 6Conscript — Con script, n. One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7Conscript — Con*script , v. t. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8conscript — ► VERB ▪ call up for compulsory military service. ► NOUN ▪ a conscripted person. DERIVATIVES conscription noun. ORIGIN from Latin conscriptus, from conscribere enrol …

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  • 9Conscript (band) — Infobox Musical artist Name = Conscript Img capt = Cover of the album Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Johannesburg, South Africa Genre = Years active = 2005 present Label = unsigned Associated acts = URL =… …

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  • 10conscript — v. (D; tr.) to conscript into (to conscript youths into the armed forces) * * * [ kɒnskrɪpt] (D;tr.) to conscript into (to conscript youths into the armed forces) …

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