'Enrolling' definitions:

Definition of 'Enrolling'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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