enroll

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

   All the citizens capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.

2. 2
   verb

   To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of.

   They were eager to enroll new recruits.

3. 3
   verb

   To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).

   Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?

4. 4
   verb

   To envelop; to enwrap.

   Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]

5. 5
   verb

   To curl up into a ball.

   Many trilobites (e.g.37), including Ampyx priscus (Supplementary Fig. 11) had the capacity to enroll as do modern terrestrial isopods when threatened.

6. 6
   verb

   register formally as a participant or member

Etymology

From Middle English enrollen, from Anglo-Norman enroller; by surface analysis, en- + roll.