conscribe

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verb

To enroll; to enlist.

OriginLatin cōnscrībere →
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Meanings

verbconscribe (third-person singular simple present conscribes, present participle conscribing, simple past and past participle conscribed)

present singular third person conscribes · participle present conscribing · participle past conscribed · past conscribed

  1. obsoleteTo enroll; to enlist.

    this armie[…]was conscribed and come together to Harflete.

    a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincōnscrībere
  2. Englishconscribe

From Latin cōnscrībere. See conscript. By surface analysis, con- + scribe.

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APA

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MLA

“conscribe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscribe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conscribe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscribe.

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