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enrolling - 3 dictionary results

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
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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