Drafted

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Drafting}.]
     1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
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     2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.


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     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.
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              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
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              Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they
              drafted novices to supply their colleges and
              temples.                              -- Holwell.
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     4. To transfer by draft.
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              All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
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