conscribe

[ kuhn-skrahyb ]

verb (used with object)

, con·scribed, con·scrib·ing.

1. to constrict or limit; circumscribe.
2. to force into military service; conscript.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conscribe¹

1540–50; < Latin conscrībere to enroll, enlist, equivalent to con- con- + scrībere to write

Example Sentences

Hess: As a writer, one of my questions about the proliferation of websites for women is whether they conscribe female writers to women-branded spaces, or whether they can actually extend more opportunities for those writers at legacy publications or more mainstream platforms.

From Slate

Hoc quoque tu conscribe tuis, Auguste, triumphis.

From Project Gutenberg

Conscribe, kon-′skrīb′, v.t. to enlist by conscription.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

“If you conscribe them, they will evade the law by all possible means, and you will turn honest men into law-breakers.”

From Project Gutenberg

August 15th.—I learn an order has been issued to conscribe all commissary and quartermasters’ clerks liable to military service.

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Related Words

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• appoint
• assign
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• volunteer