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  • 81recruit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. enlist, raise, furnish, supply, replenish; restore, renew. n. conscript, draftee; newcomer, novice, tyro, rookie, boot (sl.). See combatant, commission. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. New man, New woman,… …

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  • 82conscript — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. recruit, draftee, inductee, infantryman; see recruit , soldier . v. Syn. draft, enroll, induct, call up; see enlist 1 , recruit 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. draftee, recruit, enrollee, soldier. III (Roget s… …

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  • 83andouille — type of sausage, c.1600, from Fr. andouille (12c.), from L. inductilia, neuter plural of inductilis, from inducere to load or put in (see INDUCT (Cf. induct)). The original notion was perhaps of the filling introduced into the sausage …

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  • 84inductance — (n.) 1886, from INDUCT (Cf. induct) + ANCE (Cf. ance) …

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  • 85inductee — (n.) 1941, American English, from INDUCT (Cf. induct) + EE (Cf. ee) …

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  • 86initiate — [v1] start, introduce admit, begin, break the ice*, come out with, come up with, commence, dream up, enter, get ball rolling*, get feet wet*, get under way, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, intro*, invest, kick off*, launch, make… …

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  • 87inductee — noun 1. a person inducted into an organization or social group Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame • Derivationally related forms: ↑induct • Hypernyms: ↑member, ↑fellow member 2. someone who is drafted… …

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  • 88initiation — noun 1. a formal entry into an organization or position or office (Freq. 2) his initiation into the club he was ordered to report for induction into the army he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame • Syn: ↑induction,… …

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  • 89inductiveness — noun see inductive * * * inductˈiveness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑induct …

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  • 90in|duc|to|ri|um — «IHN duhk TR ee uhm, TOHR », noun, plural to|ri|ums, to|ri|a « TR ee uh, TOHR ». = induction coil. (Cf. ↑induction coil) ╂[< New Latin inductorium, neuter of Late Latin inductōrius leading on < Lat …

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