enlist

Etymology

en- + list

verb

1. (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
2. (intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.
   The army wants potential soldiers to enlist.
3. (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
   We enlisted fifty new members.
   The Emperor visited east-central China (江與京洛), and enlisted 400,000 soldiers and 500 Wu ships to cross the seas and go to P’ing-jang, (the Kao-li capital). 1890, E. H. Parker, “On Race Struggles in Corea”, in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, volume XVIII, Tokyo: The Hakubunsha, →OCLC, page 218
4. (transitive) To secure; to obtain.
   They enlisted the government's support.
   I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. […] 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad

noun

1. One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.
   […] 19.17% are enlisted officers (including cadets and midshipmen with BA degrees and associate degrees, officers Designated Military Occupational Specialty, the enlists converting into conscripts], officers from ROTCs) ; 0.31% are conscripted […] 2006, USA International Business Publications, Taiwan National Security And Defense Law And Regulations Handbook