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(Recrute,) Recruite, -creut, v. [e.m.E. recrute (1643), -cruit(e, -crewte, F. recruter (17th c.) f. recrute Recrute n. So also Du. recruteeren, Germ. rekrutieren, etc.] = Recrue v. — 1650 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 596.
The remnant the housse gives to Lord Angus and Sir R. Murray, to recreut ther Frenche regiments with 1689 Acts IX 22/2.
To cause beat drummes through the kingdome for levieing men to recruite four regements
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