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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

cōnscrībe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnscrībō
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