recruited, ppl. a.
(rɪˈkruːtɪd)
[f. recruit v. + -ed1.]
Strengthened, restored, enlisted, etc. Of an athlete: see sense 6 b of the vb.
| 1791 Cowper Iliad xix. 278 That we may bear The lengthen'd conflict, with recruited might. 1855 Lynch Rivulet xlviii. i, That we may ask Recruited vigour for the task Of living as we would. 1913 Collier's 1 Mar. 20/2 None of them belongs to the class of ‘recruited’ athletes, so common in our colleges twenty years ago. 1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 19 Apr. 5b/3 One of the most heavily recruited South Dakota schoolboys in history. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 28 Apr. 1b/2 He was one of the state's most highly recruited athletes this season, with every major college swimming power after him. |
| absol. 1882 Athenæum 14 Jan. 56/2 The tricks played by recruiters and recruited are exposed. |