enroll

[ en-rohl ]

/ ɛnˈroʊl /

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verb (used with object), en·rolled, en·rol·ling.

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), en·rolled, en·rol·ling.

to enroll oneself: He enrolled in college last week.

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Also especially British, en·rol .

Origin of enroll

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English enrollen, from Old French enroller. See en-¹, roll

OTHER WORDS FROM enroll

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

How to use enroll in a sentence

The odds of getting re-arrested are a lot slimmer if a person has a job.
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Many hold classes in their living rooms, asking students to help re-arrange and then later put back furniture.
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He won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
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They would have to get court approval to re-home their children.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Now Wisconsin is considering making it mandatory for parents who adopt overseas to have their children “re-adopted” in the state.
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Some were even re-arrested for the same nefarious purpose, and the daily papers published their names on each occasion.
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But first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
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They are still comparatively supple, and any misplaced pinnæ may be re-arranged without any difficulty.
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A ray of Consciousness is passed over that impression and you re-read it, you re-awaken the record.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
In the next two days he re-wrote the twenty thousand, and on the fifth day he tore it into shreds and threw it to the winds.
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