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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Enter \En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Entering}.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare,
fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in
between, between. See {Inter-}, {In}, and cf. {Interior}.]
1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass
within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to
pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door,
etc.; the river enters the sea.
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That darksome cave they enter. --Spenser.
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I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed,
Shall enter heaven, long absent. --Milton.
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2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a
member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an
army.
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3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the
legal profession, the book trade, etc.
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4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to
commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new
dispensation.
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5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put
in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a
knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a
boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.
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6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or
a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the
particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship
or of merchandise at the customhouse.
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7. (Law)
(a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual
possession of them.
(b) To place in regular form before the court, usually in
writing; to put upon record in proper from and order;
as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.
--Burrill.
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8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the
customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods),
with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the
customs for estimating the duties. See {Entry}, 4.
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9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office
the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public
land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf
pre["e]mption. [U.S.] --Abbott.
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10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a
book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act
of Congress."
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11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak.
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