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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Enroll \En*roll"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enrolled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Enrolling}.] [Pref. en- + roll: cf. F. enr[^o]ler; pref.
en- (L. in) + r[^o]le roll or register. See {Roll}, n.]
[Written also {enrol}.]
1. To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or
catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to
insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men
for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also,
reflexively, to enlist.
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An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the
hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly
enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not
enrolling. --Milton.
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All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled
themselves. --Prescott.
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2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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