Conscript \Con"script\, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]

Enrolled; written; registered.

Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the ``fathers'' the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)