enroll

[en-rohl]

verb (used with object)

to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register: It took two days to enroll the new students.
to enlist (oneself).
to put in a record; record: to enroll the minutes of a meeting; to enroll the great events of history.

to roll or wrap up: fruit enrolled in tissue paper.
Nautical. to document (a U.S. vessel) by issuing a certificate of enrollment.

verb (used without object)

to enroll oneself: He enrolled in college last week.

Origin of enroll

1300–50; Middle English enrollen < Old French enroller. See en-¹, roll

Related formsen·roll·er, nounpre·en·roll, verbre·en·roll, verb

Word Origin and History for enroller

enroll

v.

mid-14c., from Old French enroller "record in a register" (13c., Modern French enrôler), from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + rolle (see roll (n.)). Related: Enrolled; enrolling.

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v.

Origin of enroll