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en⋅rol

[en-rohl]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -rolled, -rol⋅ling.
enroll.

en⋅roll

[en-rohl]
–verb (used with object)
1. 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.
2. to enlist (oneself).
3. to put in a record; record: to enroll the minutes of a meeting; to enroll the great events of history.
4. to roll or wrap up: fruit enrolled in tissue paper.
5. Nautical. to document (a U.S. vessel) by issuing a certificate of enrollment.
–verb (used without object)
6. to enroll oneself: He enrolled in college last week.

Origin:
1300–50; ME enrollen < OF enroller. See en- 1 , roll


en⋅roll⋅er, noun
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en·roll also en·rol   (ěn-rōl')   
v.   en·rolled, en·roll·ing, en·rolls also en·rols

v.   tr.
  1. To enter or register in a roll, list, or record: enrolled the child in kindergarten; enroll the minutes of the meeting.

  2. To roll or wrap up.

  3. To write or print a final copy of; engross.

v.   intr.
To place one's name on a roll or register; sign up: We enrolled in the army.

[Middle English enrollen, from Old French enroller : en-, in; see en-1 + rolle, roll (from Latin rotula, little wheel; see roll).]
en·roll·ee' n.
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Word Origin & History

enroll 
c.1350, from O.Fr. enroller, from en- "make, put in" + rolle (see roll).
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Main Entry: en·roll
Variant: or en·rol
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: en·rolled; en·roll·ing
1 : to insert, register, or enter in a list, catalog, or roll <enrolled the deed>
2 : to prepare a final copy of (a bill passed by a legislature) in written or printed form —see also enrolled bill at BILL 1 —compare ENGROSSen·roll·ment noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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