conscribe

English

Etymology

From Latin conscribere. See conscript.

Verb

conscribe (third-person singular simple present conscribes, present participle conscribing, simple past and past participle conscribed)

1. (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

• “conscribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

cōnscrībe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnscrībō