Con"script (?), a. [L. conscriptus, p.p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Enrolled; written; registered.
Conscript fathers Rom. Antiq., the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
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Con"script, n.
One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
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Con*script" (?), v. t.
To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
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