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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enroll \En*roll"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enrolled}; p. pr & vb n. {Enrolling}.] [Pref. en- + roll: cf F. enr[^o]ler; pref. en- (L. in) + r[^o]le roll or register. See {Roll}, n.] [Written also {enrol}.] 1. To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also reflexively, to enlist. 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. --Milton. All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. --Prescott. 2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enroll v : register formally; as a participant or member [syn: {inscribe}, {enter}, {enrol}, {recruit}]
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