recruit

  1. Noun.  A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  2. Noun.  A man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  3. Noun.  A hired worker.
  4. Verb.  To make an attempt to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc.
  5. Verb.  To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster.
  6. Verb.  (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in.
  7. Verb.  (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

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