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Webster 1913 Edition

Conscription

Con-scrip′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
conscriptio
: cf. F.
conscription
.]
1.
An enrolling or registering.
The
conscription
of men of war.
Bp. Burnet.
2.
A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

Con-scrip′tion

,
Adj.
Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Webster 1828 Edition

Conscription

CONSCRIPTION

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
An enrolling or registering.
2.
Soldiers or forces levied by enrolling.

Definition 2024

conscription

conscription

English

Noun

conscription ‎(countable and uncountable, plural conscriptions)

  1. involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority
  2. An enrolling or registering.
    • Bishop Burnet
      The conscription of men of war.

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French

Noun

conscription f ‎(plural conscriptions)

  1. conscription

Etymology

From Middle French conscription, from Latin cōnscrīptiō ‎(“levying of troops”).

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