Register Definition
rĕjĭ-stər
registered, registering, registers
noun
registers
A record or list of names, events, items, etc., often kept by an official appointed to do so.
Webster's New World
A book in which this is kept.
Webster's New World
An entry in such a book or record.
Webster's New World
An entry in such a record.
American Heritage
The act of registering.
Wiktionary
verb
registered, registering, registers
To enter in or as in a record or list; enroll or record officially.
Webster's New World
To transcribe permanently, as if in a register.
Webster's New World
To set down in writing.
Registered the events of the day in his diary.
American Heritage
To be in register.
Webster's New World
To express or make known.
Registered his dissatisfaction with the chef.
American Heritage
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Origin of Register
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From Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded"), from Latin regerere (“to record, to carry back"), from re- + gerere (“to carry, bear"). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer"). Some senses influenced by association with Latin regere (“to rule").
From Wiktionary
Middle English registre from Old French from Medieval Latin registrum alteration of Late Latin regesta from Latin neuter pl. past participle of regerere to record re- re- gerere to carry
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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