conscribe

[kuhn-skrahyb] / kənˈskraɪb /

VERB

draft

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call up choose press recruit

STRONG

conscript dragoon enlist enroll impress indite induct muster

WEAK

sign on sign up

Antonyms

STRONG

avoid dodge neglect reject

VERB

enlist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admit appoint assign attract call up conscript employ engage enroll enter gather hire join mobilize recruit serve volunteer

STRONG

draft embody get hitch incorporate induct initiate inscribe interest levy list muster oblige obtain place procure record register reserve secure

WEAK

call to arms enter into join up press into service sign on take on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cancel discharge dismiss divide eject expel fire ignore lay off leave let go oust refrain refuse reject repel separate shun stop withdraw

STRONG

exclude forfeit forget lose remove unfasten

WEAK

avoid dodge

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Hess: As a writer, one of my questions about the proliferation of websites for women is whether they conscribe female writers to women-branded spaces, or whether they can actually extend more opportunities for those writers at legacy publications or more mainstream platforms.

From Slate

Hoc quoque tu conscribe tuis, Auguste, triumphis.

From Project Gutenberg

Conscribe, kon-′skrīb′, v.t. to enlist by conscription.—adj.

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“If you conscribe them, they will evade the law by all possible means, and you will turn honest men into law-breakers.”

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August 15th.—I learn an order has been issued to conscribe all commissary and quartermasters’ clerks liable to military service.

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