Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to recruit
Participle: recruited
Gerund: recruiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | recruit |
| you | recruit |
| he;she;it | recruits |
| we | recruit |
| you | recruit |
| they | recruit |
Perfect
| I | have recruited |
| you | have recruited |
| he;she;it | has recruited |
| we | have recruited |
| you | have recruited |
| they | have recruited |
Past
| I | recruited |
| you | recruited |
| he;she;it | recruited |
| we | recruited |
| you | recruited |
| they | recruited |
Pluperfect
| I | had recruited |
| you | had recruited |
| he;she;it | had recruited |
| we | had recruited |
| you | had recruited |
| they | had recruited |
Future
| I | will recruit |
| you | will recruit |
| he;she;it | will recruit |
| we | will recruit |
| you | will recruit |
| they | will recruit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have recruited |
| you | will have recruited |
| he;she;it | will have recruited |
| we | will have recruited |
| you | will have recruited |
| they | will have recruited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | recruit |
| you | recruit |
| he;she;it | recruit |
| we | recruit |
| you | recruit |
| they | recruit |
Perfect
| I | have recruited |
| you | have recruited |
| he;she;it | have recruited |
| we | have recruited |
| you | have recruited |
| they | have recruited |
Imperfect
| I | recruited |
| you | recruited |
| he;she;it | recruited |
| we | recruited |
| you | recruited |
| they | recruited |
Pluperfect
| I | had recruited |
| you | had recruited |
| he;she;it | had recruited |
| we | had recruited |
| you | had recruited |
| they | had recruited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would recruit |
| you | would recruit |
| he;she;it | would recruit |
| we | would recruit |
| you | would recruit |
| they | would recruit |
Perfect
| I | would have recruited |
| you | would have recruited |
| he;she;it | would have recruited |
| we | would have recruited |
| you | would have recruited |
| they | would have recruited |
Imperative
| you | recruit |
| we | Let's recruit |
| you | recruit |
Verbs conjugated like 'recruit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'recruit'
befruit,
corecruit,
decrust,
recircuit,
recount,
recraft,
recredit,
recut,
requit,
acquit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- secure
- engage, enroll, hire, obtain, procure, induce, appoint, attract
- replenish
- furnish, stock, provision, restore, replace, equip, reinforce
Antonyms
- secure
- unstable, unsure, loose, unloose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1635, "to strengthen, reinforce," from obsolete Fr. recruter (17c.), from recrute, Picardy dialect variant of recrue "levy," lit. "new growth," from O.Fr. recreu, pp. of recreistre "grow or increase again," from re- "again" + creistre "to grow," from L. crescere "to grow" (see crescent). "The French word first appeared in literary use in gazettes published in Holland, and was disapproved of by French writers in the latter part of the 17th c." [OED]. Sense of "to enlist new soldiers" is attested from 1655; of student athletes, from 1913. Noun meaning "body of military reinforcements" is attested from 1645 (replacing earlier recrew, recrue).
2. From French recruter (as a verb).
Verbs referencing "recruit"
Cebuano rekrut.
Sample Sentences
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We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
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the army was recruited for a campaign
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they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
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Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour. [1726, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Phyllis Drinking:]
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“You have surprized my poor niece so, that she can hardly, I see, support herself.——Go, my dear, retire, and endeavour to recruit your spirits; for I see you have occasion.” At which words Sophia, who never received a more welcome command, hastily withdrew. [1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:]
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[…] I, abstemious naturally, and rendered so by the fever that preyed on me, was forced to recruit myself with food. [1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 148:]
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My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage. [1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 181:]
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Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
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Go to the country to recruit.
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Here it was certain she rapidly recovered her lost strength, and recruited her wasted form; and here she received the letters of her beloved family, relating many circumstances well known to our readers, but new to the travellers, the tidings having far to go. [1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 44:]