Enroll

//ɛnˈɹoʊl// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list transitive

    "All the citizens capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves."

  2. 2
    register formally as a participant or member wordnet
  3. 3
    To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of. transitive

    "They were eager to enroll new recruits."

  4. 4
    To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something). intransitive, reflexive

    "Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?"

  5. 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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  1. 6
    To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).; To register for a class or course of study. US, intransitive, reflexive
  2. 7
    To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).; To register to vote. Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive, reflexive
  3. 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, […]"

  4. 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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