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

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