recruit

Etymology

From French recruter (as a verb).

noun

1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
3. A hired worker
   These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
4. (biology, ecology) A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

verb

1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
   We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
   the army was recruited for a campaign
   they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
3. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
   Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour. 1726, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Phyllis Drinking
   “You have surprized my poor niece so, that she can hardly, I see, support herself.——Go, my dear, retire, and endeavour to recruit your spirits; for I see you have occasion.” At which words Sophia, who never received a more welcome command, hastily withdrew. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
   My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 181
4. (biology, intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
5. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
6. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
   Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
   Go to the country to recruit.