En·roll v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enrolled p. pr. & vb. n. Enrolling.] [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.
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.]
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enrol
v : register formally as a participant or member; "The party
recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter,
recruit]
[also: enrolling, enrolled]