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reg⋅is⋅ter

  [rej-uh-ster]
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–noun
1. a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
2. a list or record of such acts, events, etc.
3. an entry in such a book, record, or list.
4. an official document issued to a merchant ship as evidence of its nationality.
5. registration or registry.
6. a mechanical device by which certain data are automatically recorded.
7. cash register.
8. Music.
a. the compass or range of a voice or an instrument.
b. a part of this range produced in the same way and having the same quality: the head register; the upper register of the clarinet.
c. (in an organ) a stop.
9. a device for controlling the flow of warmed air or the like through an opening, as from a duct to an interior, composed of a number of narrow, parallel blades, usually behind a grating, that may be adjusted so as to overlap and close the opening.
10. Photography. proper relationship between two plane surfaces in photography, as corresponding plates in photoengraving.
11. Printing.
a. a precise adjustment or correspondence, as of lines, columns, etc., esp. on the two sides of a leaf.
b. correct relation or exact superimposition, as of colors in color printing.
12. a bookmark, esp. a ribbon attached to the spine of a book.
13. Linguistics. a variety of language typically used in a specific type of communicative setting: an informal register; the register of scientific discourse.
14. Computers. a high-speed storage location in the CPU, used to store a related string of bits, as a word or phrase.
–verb (used with object)
15. to enter or cause to be entered formally in a register.
16. to cause (mail) to be recorded upon delivery to a post office for safeguarding against loss, theft, damage, etc., during transmission.
17. to enroll (a student, voter, etc.) in a school or course of study, on the voting rolls, etc.
18. to indicate by a record, as instruments do: The thermometer registered 102 degrees today.
19. to indicate or show, as on a scale.
20. Printing. to adjust so as to secure exact correspondence; cause to be in register.
21. Military. to adjust (fire) on a known point.
22. to show (surprise, joy, anger, etc.), as by facial expression or by actions.
23. to document (a merchant ship engaged in foreign trade) by issuing a certificate of registry.
–verb (used without object)
24. to enter one's name or cause it to be entered in a register; enroll: to register at a motel.
25. to apply for and obtain inclusion of one's name on the list of voters.
26. to enroll in a school or course of study: I've registered for three English classes.
27. Printing. to be in register.
28. to show: A broad smile registered on his face.
29. to have some effect; make some impression: My plea didn't register on him at all.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME registre < MF, OF < ML registrum, regestrum, alter. of LL regesta catalog, list, n. use of neut. pl. of L regestus, ptp. of regerere to carry back, pile up, collect, equiv. to re- re + ges-, s. of gerere to bear + -tus ptp. suffix; (v.) ME registren (< MF registrer) < ML registrāre, deriv. of registrum

Related forms:
reg⋅is⋅ter⋅er, noun
reg⋅is⋅tra⋅bil⋅i⋅ty  [rej-uh-struh-bil-i-tee] , noun
reg⋅is⋅tra⋅ble, reg⋅is⋅ter⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. record, ledger, archive. 2. roll, roster, catalogue, chronicle, schedule, annals. 15. enroll, list, record, catalogue, chronicle. 22. demonstrate, evince.
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pre·reg·is·ter   (prē-rěj'ĭ-stər)   
v.   pre·reg·is·tered, pre·reg·is·ter·ing, pre·reg·is·ters

v.   intr.
To take part in preregistration.
v.   tr.
To enroll (a student) during a period of preregistration.
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Word Origin & History

register  (n.)
1377, from M.L. registrum, alteration of L.L. regesta "list, matters recorded," from L. regesta, neuter pl. of regestus, pp. of regerere "to record," lit. "to carry back," from re- "back" + gerere "carry, bear." Some senses influenced by association with L. regere "to rule." The verb is attested from 1390, from O.Fr. registrer (13c.). Cash register is from 1875, from earlier meaning "device by which data is automatically recorded" (1830).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: register
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -tered; -ter·ing
transitive verb 1 : to make or secure official entry of in a register <register a car> <register a title>
2 : to enroll formally esp. as a voter or student
3 : to secure special protection for (a piece of mail) by prepayment of a fee intransitive verb 1 : to enroll one's name in a register
2 : to enroll one's name officially as a prerequisite for voting
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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