conscribe
English
Etymology
From Latin cōnscrībere. See conscript.
Verb
conscribe (third-person singular simple present conscribes, present participle conscribing, simple past and past participle conscribed)
- (obsolete) To enroll; to enlist.
- 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 Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC:
- this armie […] was conscribed and come together to Harflete.
References
- “conscribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
cōnscrībe
- second-person singular present active imperative of cōnscrībō