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

en·roll·er, noun
pre·en·roll, verb
re·en·roll, verb
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enrol or enroll (ɪnˈrəʊl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , (US) -rols, -rolls, -rolling, -rolled
1.  to record or note in a roll or list
2.  (also intr) to become or cause to become a member; enlist; register
3.  to put on record; record
4.  rare to roll or wrap up
 
enroll or enroll
 
vb
 
enrol'lee or enroll
 
n
 
en'roller or enroll
 
n

enrol or enroll (ɪnˈrəʊl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , (US) -rols, -rolls, -rolling, -rolled
1.  to record or note in a roll or list
2.  (also intr) to become or cause to become a member; enlist; register
3.  to put on record; record
4.  rare to roll or wrap up
 
enroll or enroll
 
vb
 
enrol'lee or enroll
 
n
 
en'roller or enroll
 
n

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Word Origin & History

enroll
mid-14c., from O.Fr. enroller, from en- "make, put in" + rolle (see roll). Related: Enrolled; enrolling.

enrol
alt. spelling of enroll.
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Example sentences
It had occurred to him while he was sitting in the only economics course in
  which he was ever enrolled.
Employees might also be automatically enrolled in savings plans, with a right
  to opt out, instead of today's under-used opt-ins.
About half the students currently enrolled in higher education are at community
  colleges.
Writer is enrolled in a school where he is struck when he doesn't know the
  sometimes contradictory answers to questions.
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