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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