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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enter- \En"ter-\ [F. entre between, fr L. inter. See {Inter-}] A prefix signifying between, among, part From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enter \En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entered}; p. pr & vb n. {Entering}.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr L. intrare fr intro inward, contr. fr intero (sc. loco), fr inter in between, between. See {Inter-}, {In}, and cf {Interior}.] 1. To come or go into to pass into the interior of to pass within the outer cover or shell of to penetrate; to pierce; as to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea. That darksome cave they enter --Spenser. I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent. --Milton. 2. To unite in to join to be admitted to to become a member of as to enter an association, a college, an army. 3. To engage in to become occupied with as to enter the legal profession, the book trade etc 4. To pass within the limits of to attain; to begin; to commence upon as to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation. 5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in to insert; to cause to be admitted; as to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc 6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as to enter a name or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse. 7. (Law) a To go into or upon as lands, and take actual possession of them b To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order as to enter a writ, appearance, rule or judgment. --Burrill. 8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See {Entry}, 4. 9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf pre["e]mption. [U.S.] --Abbott. 10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as ``entered according to act of Congress.'' 11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enter \En"ter\, v. i. 1. To go or come in -- often with in used pleonastically; also to begin; to take the first steps. ``The year entering.'' --Evelyn. No evil thing approach nor enter in --Milton. Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter --Is. lix. 14. For we which have believed do enter into rest. --Heb. iv 3. 2. To get admission; to introduce one's self to penetrate; to form or constitute a part to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into sometimes with on or upon as a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter. 3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enter v 1: to come or go into: "the ship entered an area of shallow marshes.." [syn: {come in}, {get into}, {get in}, {go into}, {go in}, {move into}] [ant: {exit}] 2: become a participant; be involved in "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negociations" [syn: {participate}] [ant: {drop out}] 3: register formally; as a participant or member [syn: {enroll}, {inscribe}, {enrol}, {recruit}] 4: be or play a part of or in "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" [syn: {figure}] 5: make a record of set down in permanent form [syn: {record}, {put down}] 6: come on stage; in the theater 7: put or introduce into the body of something "insert a picture into the text" [syn: {insert}, {infix}, {introduce}] 8: set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.); "she embarked upon a new career" [syn: {embark}]
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