What is "enroll"

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.]

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.

   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.

   All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
   --Prescott.

2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.]
   --Spenser.

mid-14c. (transitive), from Old French enroller "record in a register, write in a roll" (13c., Modern French enrôler), from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + rolle (see roll (n.)). Related: Enrolled; enrolling.

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list 2 (context transitive English) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of 3 (context intransitive English) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something) 4 (context obsolete transitive English) To envelop; to enwrap.

v. register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit]