verb (used with object)
- to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register: It took two days to enroll the new students.
- to enlist (oneself).
- to put in a record; record: to enroll the minutes of a meeting; to enroll the great events of history.
- to roll or wrap up: fruit enrolled in tissue paper.
- Nautical. to document (a U.S. vessel) by issuing a certificate of enrollment.
verb (used without object)
- to enroll oneself: He enrolled in college last week.
mid-14c., from Old French enroller “record in a register” (13c., Modern French enrôler), from en- “make, put in” (see en- (1)) + rolle (see roll (n.)). Related: Enrolled; enrolling.