See Also: volunteer(2)(dictionary)
volunteer(1)(dictionary)
volunteer 2, verb(dictionary)
volunteer 1, noun(dictionary)
Healthy volunteer(health)
Ulster Volunteer Force(dictionary)
crisis(medicine)
Oil crisis(finance)
Crisis(money)
crisis(dictionary)

volunteer(2) (iou) and crisis (medicine)


volunteer(2) (iou)



volunteer verb. L17.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. Enrol voluntarily for military service; become a volunteer. (Foll. by for, to do.) L17.
G. Greene He had volunteered, though he was over military age. A. Walker If they..hadn't volunteered for the trenches in World War I.
verb trans. & intrans. Offer (oneself, one's Services) for a particular purpose or enterprise; offer of one's own accord to do. E19.
P. H. Gibbs The villagers who had volunteered to do the digging. J. Masson These people didn't volunteer for the study; they were coerced. Drew Magazine She has also volunteered her time in offering a computer keyboarding class.
b. verb trans. Assign or commit (another person) to a particular undertaking, esp. without consultation; cause to volunteer. Usu. in pass. Freq. iron. M20.
R. Hill If Kedin had volunteered him, he really had no choice. Times Someone was volunteered to go and buy provisions.
verb trans. Offer to undertake or perform (a task) or to give or supply (a thing). Also, give (a thing) away of one's own accord. rare. E19.
verb trans. Communicate (information etc.), make (a suggestion), on one's own initiative; say without prompting (freq. with direct speech as obj.). E19.
L. M. Montgomery Matthew..had never been known to volunteer information about anything in his whole life.

crisis (medicine)


crisis


A sudden paroxysmal intensification of symptoms in the course of a disease.

Origin: L., Gr. Krisis