Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

enlist

/ɛnˈlɪst/ verb, noun

Forms enlists enlisting enlisted inlist

verb (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
verb (intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service. “The army wants potential soldiers to enlist.”
verb (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others. “We enlisted fifty new members.”
verb (transitive) To secure; to obtain. “They enlisted the government's support.”
noun One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.

Synonyms

verb To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
verb To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.
verb To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.
verb To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “enlist”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details