enrolenrollv.
/ɛnˈrəʊl//ᵻnˈrəʊl/, /ɛnˈrəʊl/, U.S. /ᵻnˈroʊl/, /ɛnˈroʊl/ I. To write upon a roll.† 4. To write (an agreement, deed, obligation, etc.) upon a roll or parchment; to engross, give legal form to. Obsolete.Most of the instances may possibly belong to sense 5.
1. transitive. To write (a name), inscribe the name of (a person) on a roll, list, or register; to make a list of. Also †to enrol up.
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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record
writeOE
setc1175
embreve?c1225
enrolc1350
enter1389
rollc1400
enact1467
act1475
enchroniclea1513
ascribe1532
re-enter1535
to put down1574
register1597
inscroll1600
emologea1639
spread1823
to book in1860
to sign on1879
log1889
sign1894
to sign out1916
to sign in1924
society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] > enter in list
billc1305
enrolc1350
putc1436
rollc1440
inbill1461
book1548
cataloguize1609
billet1610
enschedulea1616
catalogize1632
catalogue1635
list1658
schedule1862
handlist1888
c1350 Usages Winchester in Eng. Gilds 359 Euerych soutere..shal..þe clerke a peny for to enrolly hys name.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 938 I, iwus, Endeuoure me Yowr name to se It be enrolde Writtin with golde.
1572 T. Cartwright in Whitgift Answ. Cartwright 91 Their Names written and enrouled vp.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xc Our Sea-men and their numbers were carefully enroll'd.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 19 Myriads, in time's perennial list inroll'd.
1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II vi. 141 The soldiers..were emulous to have their names inrolled for that dangerous service.
1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. iii. i. 595 Many also of the menial servants..are enrolled in the official returns in other classes.
2. To place upon a list; to incorporate as a registered or acknowledged member (in a society, corporate body, etc.). Also figurative.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > admit as member
incorporate1530
adopt1538
enrol1623
aggregate1651
associate1806
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 120 This man..was enrold 'mongst wonders. View more context for this quotation
a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) ii. 43 To be deemed considerable in this faculty, and enrolled among the Wits.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 27/1 When more were enroled in their body, [they were called] Conscript Fathers.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 233 I now determined..to enrol myself in the fraternity of authorship.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) ii. 33 They were permitted to enrol themselves in any guild or art.
3. esp. To place on the list of an army; to enlist, incorporate in the ranks of an army; to levy (an army). Also reflexive to enlist, take service.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)]
wagec1330
musterc1425
to take upc1425
prest1481
to call up1523
conscribe1548
enrol1576
matriculate1577
press1600
in list1604
list1643
recruita1661
enlist1699
crimp1789
to muster into service1834
book1843
induct1934
to read in1938
society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist [verb (reflexive)]
enrol1576
list1643
to take up1689
enlist1750
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 77 If he..had not..enrolled, and mustered an armie of tried souldiours.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Macc. x. 36 There be enrolled amongst the kings forces about thirtie thousand men of the Iewes. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 112 He that inrowleth himselfe a Souldier.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 325 In Assia any Man that is rich is forc'd to enroll himselfe a Janizary.
1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) ii. vii. 281 The rest did not enrol themselves as soldiers.
1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. ii. 77 They were enrolled as guards to the Caliph.
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society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write out in fair hand
engrossc1430
enrolc1430
gross1513
fair-copy1739
c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes 1141 Thaccord enrolled in the toune.
1458 Lease in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1845) I. xxii. 373 My dede enrolled and subscribed with myne owne hande.
1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 6 §5 The saide person so to be assigned..to write make and enroll suche obligacions.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 38 Which I hope well is not enrolled there. View more context for this quotation
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 309 b By Deed indented and inrolled according to the Statute.
5. To enter among the rolls, i.e. upon the records of a court of justice.
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society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [verb (transitive)] > lodge document in court
enter1425
enrol1495
file1511
affile1512
encorpore1523
box1789
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 38 Preamble Indentures..inrolled in your Courte of the Chauncery of recorde.
1592 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xv. 278 Euerie Maister shall enrolle the Indentures of his aprentice in the comon clarkes office.
1660 Marquis of Worcester in H. Dircks Life 2nd Marquis of Worcester (1865) xiv. 229 Having this Commission inrolled or assented unto by his Council.
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 248 Where the deed was directed to be inrolled in a particular court, it must be inrolled in that court.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 263 By which time..the really important petitions..were enrolled.
6. To record, literal and figurative; also, to record with honour, celebrate.
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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)]
writeeOE
awriteeOE
markOE
titlea1325
record1340
registera1393
accordc1450
chronicle1460
to write upa1475
calendar1487
enrol1530
prickc1540
scripture1540
to set down1562
report1600
reservea1616
tabulatea1646
to take down1651
actuate1658
to commit to writing (also paper)1695
to mark down1881
slate1883
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > record with honour
enrol1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 357/1 I enrolle, I fyxe a thynge in my mynde.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iii. xx. sig. N4v Be it inrold..how firme thy vertues stood.
1633 G. Herbert Praise in Temple vii Small it is, in this poore sort To enroll thee.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 47 It had bin long agoe enroul'd to be nothing els but a pure tyrannical forgery.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 21 Dubb'd Historians by express command, T' enroll your triumphs o'er the seas and land.
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 4 He..In Heav'n's Register enrolls The Rise, and Progress, of each Option there.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlii. 65 But that still garden of the souls In many a figured leaf enrolls The total world.
II. To form into a roll.
7.
a. To form into rolls or coils.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)]
writheOE
foldc1330
wrall1398
wreathec1425
enrol1530
twind1548
involve1555
wring1585
invilup1592
rolla1616
entortill1641
convolve1650
coila1691
circumflex1851
serpentine1883
convolute1887
swirl1902
whorl1904
the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > form cylinder [verb (transitive)] > form into roll
roll?a1425
enrol1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 537/1 I enrolle, I rolle up a writyng, or any other thing rounde.
1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. Iv [A snake] Now more and more hauing himselfe enrolde.
b. To wrap up or enfold in or with; also transferred and figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop
befolda1000
umbefold14..
foldc1394
umbeclipa1395
involvea1420
overfold?1440
warp1513
overroll1548
encompass1553
invest1578
immantle1585
enrol1590
imply1590
circumvest1599
circumvestite1599
enfold1599
convolve1601
shadow1608
overlapc1612
enwreathe1620
obvele1654
obside1695
integument1883
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B5 Bullets..Enrollde in flames and fiery smoldering mistes.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iii. sig. C8v Great heapes of them, like sheepe in narrow fold, For hast did ouer-runne, in dust enrould . View more context for this quotation
?1614 W. Drummond Sonnet: Trust not sweet Soule in Poems Nor Snow of Cheekes with Tyrian graine enrolld.
1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer 2 Wherein their own welfares and concerns were inrolled and bound up.
1694 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. in Wks. (1726) I. 196 Now in a maze of rings he lies enrowl'd.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 25 The folding reefs, in plaits inroll'd, they lay.
1836 G. S. Faber Answer Husenbeth 17 Folds in which the small limbs of the Refutation itself have been..enrolled.
Derivatives
enˈrolled adj. (sense 2).
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [adjective] > admitted as member > types of member
gremial1730
enrolled1789
financial1839
1789 Ann. Congr. I. 6 July 49 The House had appointed a Committee..for the purpose of examining an enrolled bill imposing duties on tonnage.
1835 Indiana House of Representatives Jrnl. 145 The joint committee on enrolled bills have this day compared the following engrossed bills of the Senate with the enrolled bills, and find the same correctly enrolled.
1840 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Regeneration 234 Her acknowledged, and enrolled, and accredited members.
1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 96/1 Enrolled Pensioners, the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, who are formed into companies for garrison and colonial duty.
1891 N.E.D. at Enrol Mod. The society has a thousand enrolled members.
Draft additions 1993
intransitive. To register oneself as a member, esp. as a student in an educational institution, or for a particular course or period of study. Originally U.S.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (intransitive)] > be enrolled in register
matriculatea1658
enrol1921
1921 Northeastern Reporter 128 554/1 Plaintiff in error is an eleemosynary institution located at Galesburg, Illinois, and is engaged in the business of furnishing instruction to such students as enroll in its classes.
1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet ii. i. 117 So he earned the money..and enrolled for the summer session.
1956 J. Barth Floating Opera xiv. 137 So I went to Johns Hopkins, enrolled in the pre-law curriculum.
1966 A. Higgins Langrishe, go Down xx. 148 He had enrolled as a student in the university of Freiburg.
1985 A. J. Ayer Wittgenstein i. 2 He came to England and enrolled as a research student at Manchester University.
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