recruit
definition
get someone to enroll in the army, take part in an organization or activity; persuade to do something
example
The book club that met weekly at the coffeehouse decided to recruit new members after two regulars moved out of town.
synonyms
selectenlistemploy
word origin — mid 17th century (in the senses ‘fresh body of troops’ and ‘supplement the numbers in a group’): from obsolete French dialect recrute, based on Latin recrescere ‘grow again’, from re- ‘again’ + crescere ‘grow’