Enrol

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enroll \En*roll"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enrolled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Enrolling}.] [Pref. en- + roll: cf. F. enr[^o]ler; pref.
     en- (L. in) + r[^o]le roll or register. See {Roll}, n.]
     [Written also {enrol}.]
     1. To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or
        catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to


        insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men
        for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also,
        reflexively, to enlist.
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              An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the
              hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly
              enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not
              enrolling.                            --Milton.
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              All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled
              themselves.                           --Prescott.
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     2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enrol
       v : register formally as a participant or member; "The party
           recruited many new members" [syn: {enroll}, {inscribe}, {enter},
            {recruit}]
       [also: {enrolling}, {enrolled}]