Enlist vs. Inlist — What's the Difference?

Enrol or be enrolled in the armed services

Archaic form of enlist

To engage (persons or a person) for service in the armed forces.

See Enlist.

To engage the support or cooperation of.

To enter the armed forces, especially by choice.

To participate actively in a cause or enterprise.

(transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

(intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.

(transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.

(transitive) To secure; to obtain.

One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.

To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.

To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.

To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.

Join the military

As of aid, help, services, or support

Engage somebody to enter the army