The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (present participle of enroll English) 2 (present participle of enrol English)
WordNet
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Usage examples of "enrolling".
Metellus Pius, who had never been in favor of granting the full Roman citizenship to the Italians, and had secretly applauded Philippus as censor because Philippus and his fellow censor, Perperna, had avoided enrolling the Italians as Roman citizens.
But money, as well as men, was wanting, and a heavy contribution was imposed to defray the expense of enrolling a number of workmen out of employment and idlers, of various kinds.
One of their conclusions, as I understand, is that, as the law stands, and attempting to follow it, the enrolling officers could not have made the enrolments much more accurately than they did.
But if you came in here in a wheel chair and blind in both eyes and were silly enough to insist on enrolling, they would find something silly enough to match.