enroll
//ɪnˈɹəʊl//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- enroll
- past (v2)
- enrolled
- past participle (v3)
- enrolled
- present participle
- enrolling
- 3rd person singular
- enrolls
Definitions
1.To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
- All the citizens capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
- 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.
2.To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of.
- They were eager to enroll new recruits.
3.To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).
- Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
4.To curl up into a ball.
- Many trilobites (e.g.37), including Ampyx priscus (Supplementary Fig. 11) had the capacity to enroll as do modern terrestrial isopods when threatened.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4267
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English enrollen
From Anglo-Norman enroller; by surface analysis, en- + roll.