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recrescere
Latin · ancient
"to grow again, to replenish"
to grow again, to increase, from re- (again) and crescere (to grow)
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recrute
French · 1600s
"new troops raised to replenish an army"
narrowed in French to mean new troops raised to replenish an army
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recruit
English · 1650s
"a newly enlisted member of an organization or force"
settled as the English word for a newly enlisted member of an organization
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