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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Draft
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Drafted
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Drafting
.]
1.
To
draw
the
outline
of
;
to
delineate
.
2.
To
compose
and
write
;
as
,
to
draft
a
memorial
.
3.
To
draw
from
a
military
band
or
post
,
or
from
any
district
,
company
,
or
society
;
to
detach
;
to
select
;
especially
,
to
compulsorily
select
and
induct
members
of
a
population
to
serve
in
the
armed
forces
.
HotLips
Houlihan
:
How
did
a
degenerate
person
like
him
achieve
such
a
position
of
responsibility
in
the
army
?
Radar
:
He
was
drafted
. --
M*A*S*H (
the
movie)
Some
royal
seminary
in
Upper
Egypt
,
from
whence
they
drafted
novices
to
supply
their
colleges
and
temples
.
--
Holwell
.
4.
To
transfer
by
draft
.
All
her
rents
been
drafted
to
London
.
--
Fielding
.
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