recruit-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: (attempt to) convince to enroll, join or participate

Examples:
The party recruited many new members.
One of our students was recruited by Google to California.
We have successfully recruited several new individuals for faculty positions.
Fortunately, a construction company recruited him to build tactical bases.

Mappings:
VerbNet: hire-13.5.3,orphan-29.7
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: recruit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: raise an army

Examples:
The Officer complains of the difficulty in recruiting soldiers in this area.
Throughout the 1980s we recruited an Army of more than 750000 entirely from volunteers.
The Parliamentarians also raised money and recruited an army.

Mappings:
VerbNet: orphan-29.7
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: recruit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3