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enroll

//ɪnˈɹəʊl//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

formal

Note for enroll

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Forms

present (v1)
enroll
past (v2)
enrolled
past participle (v3)
enrolled
present participle
enrolling
3rd person singular
enrolls

Definitions

  1. 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. 2.To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of.

    • They were eager to enroll new recruits.
  3. 3.To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).

    • Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
  4. 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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Etymology

From Middle English enrollen

From Anglo-Norman enroller; by surface analysis, en- + roll.

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