conscribe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin conscribere. See conscript.
Verb[edit]
conscribe (third-person singular simple present conscribes, present participle conscribing, simple past and past participle conscribed)
- (obsolete) To enroll; to enlist.
- 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC:
- this armie […] was conscribed and come together to Harflete.
References[edit]
- “conscribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
cōnscrībe