Draft \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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |