enroll

• enrol (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)

From Old French enroller

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈɹoʊl/, /ɪnˈɹoʊl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹəʊl/

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enroll (third-person singular simple present enrolls, present participle enrolling, simple past and past participle enrolled)

1. (transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
   • (Can we date this quote?) Prescott

     All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.

   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     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. (transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of

   They were eager to enroll new recruits.

3. (intransitive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)

   Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?

4. (obsolete, transitive) To envelop; to enwrap.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

• (enter in a register): list, note, note down, record, register
• (enlist): enlist, sign up, subscribe
• (become a member): enlist, join, join up, sign up, subscribe
• (join a class): add, register for (synonyms for “enroll in [a class]”)

• enrollee
• enroller
• enrollment