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Enroll
//ɛnˈɹoʊl// verb
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Verb
- 1 To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list transitive
"All the citizens capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves."
- 2 register formally as a participant or member wordnet
- 3 To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of. transitive
"They were eager to enroll new recruits."
- 4 To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something). intransitive, reflexive
"Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?"
- 5 To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).; To register as a member of an educational institution. intransitive, reflexive
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- 6 To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).; To register for a class or course of study. US, intransitive, reflexive
- 7 To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).; To register to vote. Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive, reflexive
- 8 To envelop; to enwrap. obsolete, transitive
"Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]"
- 9 To curl up into a ball. intransitive
"Many trilobites (e.g.37), including Ampyx priscus (Supplementary Fig. 11) had the capacity to enroll as do modern terrestrial isopods when threatened."
Etymology
From Middle English enrollen, from Anglo-Norman enroller; by surface analysis, en- + roll.
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