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Enter (?), 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.”
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That darksome cave they enter. Spenser.
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I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed,
Shall enter heaven, long absent. Milton.
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2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, “to enter an association, a college, an army”.
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3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, “to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.”
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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”.
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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 of preëmption. [U.S.] Abbott.
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10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, ““entered according to act of Congress”.”
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11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] Shak.
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Enter, 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.
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No evil thing approach nor enter in. Milton.
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Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter. Is. lix. 14.
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For we which have believed do enter into rest. Heb. iv. 3.
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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.”
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3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.
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He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action. Addison.
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