Meanings
present singular third person enrolls · participle present enrolling · participle past enrolled · past enrolled · alternative Australia Canada Ireland New Zealand UK enrol · alternative Early Modern enroule · alternative Early Modern enrowle · alternative Early Modern inrol · alternative Early Modern inroll · alternative Early Modern inroule · alternative Early Modern inrowle
- transitiveTo enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
All the citizens capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC1 more example
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.
1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLCSynonyms: list, note, note down, record, register, catalogue, enlist, induct
- intransitivereflexiveTo enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).
Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
- intransitivereflexiveeducationTo register as a member of an educational institution.
- USintransitivereflexiveeducationTo register for a class or course of study.
Rather than stopping her education, she enrolled in a GED program so she could go to college.
2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026Synonyms: enlist, join, join up, sign up, subscribe, add, sign up
- obsoletetransitiveTo envelop; to enwrap.
enroll thy memorable name In th’ heart of every honourable dame
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC2 more examples
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, […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iiiSo then were nothing lost to man; So that still garden of the souls In many a figured leaf enrolls The total world since life began: […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 65 - intransitivebiologyTo 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.
2019 October 17, Jean Vannier et al., “Collective behaviour in 480-million-year-old trilobite arthropods from Morocco”, in Scientific Reports
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
verbTo enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).
More synonyms by meaning
verbregister formally as a participant or member
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Anglo-Normanenroller
- Middle Englishenrollen
- Englishenroll
From Middle English enrollen, from Anglo-Norman enroller; by surface analysis, en- + roll.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans inskryf
- inskryfto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Ancient Greek ἐγγράφω
- ἐγγράφω (engráphō)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Bulgarian записвам, регистрирам
- записвам (zapisvam)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- регистрирам (registriram)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- вербувам (verbuvam)to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Catalan inscriure, matricular
- inscriureto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- matricularto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- enrolarto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Chinese Mandarin 註冊 /注册
- 註冊 /注册 (zhùcè)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Danish indskrive, tilmelde
- indskriveto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- tilmeldeto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- indmeldeto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Dutch inschrijven
- inschrijvento enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Finnish ilmoittautua, kirjoittautua
- ilmoittautuato enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- kirjoittautuato enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- värvätäto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
French s'inscrire, s'enrôler
- s'inscrireto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- s'enrôlerto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- enrôlerto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
German anmelden, einschreiben
- anmeldento enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- einschreibento enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- sich immatrikulierento enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- immatrikulierento enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- (jmd.) eintragento enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- (als Mitglied) aufnehmento enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- (jmd.) rekrutierento enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- (jmd., etw.) listento enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Greek εγγράφω, εγγράφομαι
- εγγράφω (engráfo)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- εγγράφομαι (engráfomai)to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Italian iscriversi, reclutare
- iscriversito enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- reclutareto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Japanese 登録する
- 登録する (tōroku suru)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Latin conscrībō
- conscrībōto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Māori whakatapoko, whakauru
- whakatapokoto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- whakauruto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- whakatapokoto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- whakauruto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Polish rejestrować się, zarejestrować się
- rejestrować sięto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- zarejestrować sięto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- zapisywać sięto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- zapisać sięto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Portuguese inscrever-se, matricular-se
- inscrever-seto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- matricular-seto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- inscreverto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- alistarto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Russian запи́сываться, записа́ться
- запи́сываться (zapísyvatʹsja)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- записа́ться (zapisátʹsja)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- регистри́роваться (registrírovatʹsja)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- зарегистри́роваться (zaregistrírovatʹsja)to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- запи́сывать (zapísyvatʹ)to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- записа́ть (zapisátʹ)to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- регистри́ровать (registrírovatʹ)to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- зарегистри́ровать (zaregistrírovatʹ)to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Spanish enrolar, enrolar
- enrolarto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- enrolarto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Swedish skriva in sig, rekruttere
- skriva in sigto enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
- rekruttereto enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- rekryterato enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
Welsh aelodi
- aelodito enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with enroll
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Cite this entry
enroll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enroll
“enroll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enroll. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enroll,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enroll.
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