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reg⋅is⋅tered

  [rej-uh-sterd]
Use registered in a Sentence
–adjective
1. recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
2. Commerce. officially listing the owner's name with the issuing corporation and suitably inscribing the certificate, as with bonds to evidence title. Abbreviation: r
3. officially or legally certified by a government officer or board: a registered patent.
4. denoting cattle, horses, dogs, etc., having pedigrees verified and filed by authorized associations of breeders.
Origin:
1665–75; register + -ed 2

reg⋅is⋅ter

  [rej-uh-ster]
–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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reg·is·ter   (rěj'ĭ-stər)   
n.  
    1. A formal or official recording of items, names, or actions.
    2. A book for such entries.
    3. An entry in such a record.
    4. Exact alignment of the lines and margins on the opposite sides of a leaf.
    5. Proper positioning of colors in color printing.
    6. The range of an instrument or a voice.
    7. A part of such a range.
    8. A group of matched organ pipes; a stop.
  2. The act of registering.
  3. A device that automatically records a quantity or number.
  4. Computer Science A part of the central processing unit used as a storage location.
  5. An adjustable, grill-like device through which heated or cooled air is released into a room.
  6. A state of proper alignment: to be in register.
  7. Printing
    1. Exact alignment of the lines and margins on the opposite sides of a leaf.
    2. Proper positioning of colors in color printing.
    3. The range of an instrument or a voice.
    4. A part of such a range.
    5. A group of matched organ pipes; a stop.
  8. Music
    1. The range of an instrument or a voice.
    2. A part of such a range.
    3. A group of matched organ pipes; a stop.
  9. A variety of language used in a specific social setting: speaking in an informal register; writing in a scientific register.
v.   reg·is·tered, reg·is·ter·ing, reg·is·ters

v.   tr.
    1. To enter in an official register.
    2. To enroll officially or formally, especially in order to vote or attend classes.
  2. To set down in writing; record: "It is for the historian to discover and register what actually happened" (Robert Conquest).
  3. To indicate on or as if on an instrument or a scale.
  4. To give outward signs of; express: Her face registered surprise.
  5. To attain or achieve: registered a new high in sales.
  6. To cause (mail) to be officially recorded and specially handled by payment of a fee.
  7. To adjust so as to be properly aligned.
v.   intr.
  1. To place or cause placement of one's name in a register.
  2. To have one's name officially placed on a list of eligible voters.
  3. To enroll as a student.
  4. To be indicated on or as if on an instrument or a scale.
  5. To be shown or expressed, as on the face.
  6. To make an impression; be recorded in the mind: The warning failed to register.
  7. To be in proper alignment.

[Middle English registre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, from Latin, neuter pl. past participle of regerere, to record : re-, re- + gerere, to carry.]
reg'is·ter·er n., reg'is·tra·ble (-ĭ-strə-bəl) adj.
reg·is·tered   (rěj'ĭ-stərd)   
adj.  
  1. Having the owner's name listed in a register: registered bonds.
  2. Having the pedigree recorded and verified by an authorized association of breeders: a registered golden retriever.
  3. Officially qualified or certified: a registered pharmacist.
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Main Entry: reg·is·tered
Pronunciation: 'rej-&-st&rd
Function: adjective
: qualified by formal, official, or legal certification orauthentication registered pharmacist>
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Language Translation for : registered
Spanish: certificado,
German: eingeschrieben,
Japanese: 書留の
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