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conscribe

conscribe verb: to enroll; to enlist.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To 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...

Forms of conscribe

third-person singular presentconscribes
present participleconscribing
past participleconscribed
pastconscribed

Origin of conscribe

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

Questions about conscribe

What does conscribe mean?
Conscribe means to enroll; to enlist.
What part of speech is conscribe?
Conscribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of conscribe?
The past tense of conscribe is conscribed.

Words near conscribe in the dictionary

  1. consciousness-raising
  2. consciousness-raisings
  3. consciousnesses
  4. consciousnessless
  5. consciousnesslessness
  6. conscribe
  7. conscribed
  8. conscribes
  9. conscribing
  10. conscript
  11. conscript father

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