Verb (used without object) : He decided to enlist in the Marines.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to enlist men for the army. ,They enlisted us to serve as ushers at the meeting.    From Dictionary.com. 

If anything, it shows that Obama has extremely good judgement in enlisting the help of highly knowledgeable people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama beats back criticism over head of VP search] Reference

I believe we were extremely fortunate in enlisting the willing services of such outstanding persons as constituted the Commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Thoughts on the Carter Report] Reference

A phone call enlisting him as host of Sunday's Emmy Awards (8 p.m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

He began to toy with the idea of enlisting in the Canadian army or of joining the.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Can't Have Everything] Reference

Vincent conceived the idea of enlisting good young women for this service of the poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference

So the notion of enlisting Dylan to be the voice of a new green generation is a little silly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Spectator] Reference

I continue to be appalled at the notion of enlisting the community to administer public shame as a criminal punishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

Eventually, each family of flowers gave up the idea of enlisting the travelers in the fight for control of the dried bogland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]

It seems to have been around this time that he hit on the idea of enlisting legions of amateurs as a kind of SOES bandit army.    From Wordnik.com.  [Father of Day-Trading Sought] Reference

Has the president ever discussed with his children the idea of enlisting and making the "sacrifice" that he asks others to make?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easter Lemming Liberal News] Reference

He thought of enlisting in the French Foreign Legion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iraq: Friends at War] Reference

Yet enlisting a Nobelist gives the skeptics credibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is The Ozone Hole In Our Heads?] Reference

Like many sons of soldiers, he imagines enlisting himself someday.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHILDREN OF THE FALLEN] Reference

Thus only the poorest and the worst-educated end up actually enlisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollow Tipped Threat] Reference

Thus he lost any chance of enlisting the support of the older silent majority.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opinion: What Sarko Did Wrong] Reference

Most black soldiers had been slaves until a few months, even days, before enlisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Military Meritocracy] Reference

They have each chosen to serve their adopted country by enlisting in the armed services.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thanks For Our Memories] Reference

In general, many young men who go to that official Army recruiting site wind up enlisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Full Metal Joystick] Reference

Six months later, Tillman shocked the sports world by enlisting in the Army and shipping out.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Heroic Life] Reference

So the clinic tries to take up the slack -- for example, by enlisting its patients in drug studies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life-Or-Death Lottery] Reference

The more conservative-minded can start by enlisting colleagues to form a list of goals for their office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Green at Work] Reference

Negi, a wiry 27-year-old, fought the Serbs in both Croatia and Bosnia before enlisting in the KLA last April.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Believe In Our Guns'] Reference

They are also mulling over theidea of enlisting civil-rights leaders as a bridge between themselves and Pepsi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farewell, Pretoria] Reference

He succeeded in making young Blagojevich a political king by enlisting his army of supporters and contributors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Governor-In-Law’] Reference

 I thought enlisting in the Army would make him proud, but instead he accused me of running away from my problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unspoken Bonds] Reference

A network of neurons begin firing in unison, enlisting their fellows in a synchronous wave that ripples across the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Grip of the Unknown] Reference

As the legitimate marketplace cast them aside, the drug trade took off, enlisting anyone lured by the promise of fast money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Endangered Family] Reference

In order to find out whether this reversal works, the city is enlisting 5,000 families to take part in the social experiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollars For Scholars] Reference

On the other side, liberals who have come to a dead end on so many other causes seem to be re-enlisting in the the economic wars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back To Class War?] Reference

He's enlisting the support of cable operators to install temporary "traps," or descrambling boxes, in homes that lack pay-per-view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nbc's Olympian Gamble] Reference

The PLA, lagging behind in the digital game, may start enlisting wild-eyed programming hobbits as cybermercenaries in future I-wars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cyber Rattling] Reference

And during his first term, the number of those enlisting who were at least high-school graduates jumped from 68 percent to 93 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Defense Of Reagan] Reference

Operating once more without a high-level job, he set about enlisting American businesses to commit to hiring former welfare recipients.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Citizen] Reference