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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enroll \En*roll"\, verb (used with an object) [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}, noun] [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.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enroll
verb: register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: {inscribe}, {enter}, {enrol}, {recruit}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "enroll": affiliate, affiliate with, associate, book, calendar, call up, carve, catalog, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, combine, come into, commandeer, conscript, creep in, cut, detach, detach for service, docket, draft, engrave, enlist, enscroll, enter, enumerate, file, fill out, get into, go into, grave, impanel, impress, inaugurate, incise, index, induct, initiate, inscribe, insert, install, instate, inventory, invest, itemize, join, join up, jot down, keep score, league with, levy, line up, list, log, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, minute, mobilize, muster, muster in, note, note down, ordain, pigeonhole, place upon record, poll, post, post up, press, program, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, raise, record, recruit, reduce to writing, register, schedule, score, set down, sign on, sign up, sneak in, summon, tabulate, take down, take out membership, take up membership, tally, tape, tape-record, team up with, team with, videotape, write, write down, write in, write out, write up
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