Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DRAFT, v.t.

1. To draw the outline; to delineate.
2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial or a lease.
3. To draw men from a military band or post; to select; to detach.
4. To draw men from any company, collection, or society. This Cohen-Caph-El was some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. – Holwell's Dict.