enterv.

Brit.

/ˈɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈɛn(t)ər/

Forms:

α. Middle English entere, Middle English entire, Middle English entree, Middle English entri, Middle English entry, Middle English entur, Middle English ontre (probably transmission error), Middle English–1500s entir, Middle English–1800s entre, Middle English– enter, 1500s entter, 1500s–1600s entyr; also Scottish pre-1700 entir, pre-1700 entire, pre-1700 entr, pre-1700 entyr, pre-1700 entyre.

β. Middle English intre; also Scottish pre-1700 inter, pre-1700 intere, pre-1700 intre.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entrer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman entreer, entrir, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French entrer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French enterer (French entrer ) < classical Latin intrāre to go into, to penetrate, to take possession of, to become a member of, to look into, to begin < intrā intra prep.Compare Old Occitan, Occitan entrar , intrar (Occitan entrar ), Catalan entrar , Spanish entrar , Portuguese entrar , Italian entrare (all 12th cent.). Chief senses of the French verb. The chief corresponding senses of the French verb are: to come or go into (a place, area, building, etc.) (10th cent.), to become a member of (an organization, institution, etc.) (10th cent.; earliest with reference to a religious community), to begin, to start doing something (c1100, earliest in entrer en ), (of a period of time or state of things) to begin, commence (early 12th cent.), to penetrate into something (early 12th cent.), to go or pass into a person, the heart, or a notional place (12th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from the early 16th cent.), to engage in the consideration of a particular subject (late 12th cent. in entrer en ), to take on a specified role or responsibility (early 13th cent.), to begin an attack upon an adversary (14th cent.), to take possession of (an estate, inheritance, etc.) (14th cent. or earlier), to admit (a person) as a member (14th cent. or earlier), to bring or put (a person or animal) into a place, to become a party to a contract or treaty (both late 14th cent. or earlier), in Anglo-Norman also to put (something) down in writing in a record (13th cent. or earlier; late 14th cent. or earlier specifically ‘to register the details of (goods or a vessel) with customs authorities’), to initiate (legal action) (late 13th cent. or earlier), to begin training (an animal, e.g. a hawk) (late 13th cent. or earlier). Specific senses. Transitive senses typically develop from corresponding intransitive senses with into or other prepositions and an indirect object; compare e.g. senses 1b, 3b. In sense 21 in biblical contexts and allusions to them ultimately after Hebrew bō' 'el (see go v.); compare discussion at go v. 31c; compare Middle French, French entrer à une femme , in the same sense (16th cent.; now rare). Specific forms. In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). In β. forms with remodelling after the ulterior etymon classical Latin intrāre.

I. Abstract and non-physical senses.

a. intransitive. With into, †in. To take on a specified role, commitment, relationship, etc.; to assume the duties and responsibilities of a particular office or position.See also to enter into religion at Phrases 2.

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c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 222 We..bieþ i entred in to cristes seruise.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 312 Auyseth yow..How þ^t ye entren in to mariage.

a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 349 (MED) Who is beterid by entryng into þes ordris.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 149 ^v He would suffre the princes of the Macedons to enter in mariage..with the noble mens doughters of their countrey.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxi. 136 Such kind of baptisme barred men afterwards from entring into holie orders.

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. v. 92 That they all entered into Pay.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋3 I have a mind to put off entering into Matrimony till another Winter is over my Head.

1824 R. Clark View of Office of Sheriff in Scotl. 94 The mother has entered into a second marriage.

1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iii. 140 Trade..does not care for the religious tenets of those who offer to enter into relations with it.

1976 Art Bull. 36 43/1 Niccoli seems to have entered into a friendship with Cosimo.

1992 New Builder 13 Feb. 24/2 Every person who enters into a learned profession undertakes to bring to the exercise of it a reasonable degree of care and skill.

b. transitive. To take on (a role, profession, commitment, relationship, etc.); to assume the duties and responsibilities of (an office or position).See also to enter religion at Phrases 2.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > a duty, office, or role

enterc1425

to take on (also upon) one(self)1432

fall1589

assume1591

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 5784 (MED) He entre may þe religioun Of myȝti Bachus, for abilite.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 282 Over hastie bee they to enter wedlocke.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 342 If you doe enter acquaintance and familiaritie with him.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxviii. 55/1 Publius Ostorius Scapula entred his Lieutenantship in Britaine.

1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 23 Make Oath not to enter marriage again without the Kings consent.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. i. x. 257 As he was now fifteen years old he was of the best age to enter the profession.

1835 Blackburn Standard 27 July 7/2 Of the married men one had only entered wedlock on the preceding day.

1874 J. M. Hart German Univ. ii. viii. 366 Those entering State Service.

1922 Survey 15 Aug. 616/1 Each party has a ‘marriage-right’ in the property owned by the other at the time of entering marriage.

1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 15 Mar. 5/3 To encourage scientists to enter teaching, he proposed a programme whereby they would become school technicians and then progress into the profession.

†c. transitive. To take possession of (a throne or crown); to accede to. Obsolete.

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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > take upon oneself > an office or symbol of

enter1563

assume1591

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1353/2 Til the time that blessed kyng Edward entred hys crowne.

1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 334 Euerie one being entred the throne, labored with new slights either to doe or vndoe.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. xxii. 175 Henry the Fourth, entered the Throne by his Sword.

1687 R. L'Estrange Reply Reasons against Addressing 19 On her entring the Throne, she sent out a Proclamation.

2. To begin, make a beginning; to start doing or being something; to engage in an activity or course of action.

a. intransitive. With into, indicating the activity, course of action, or period of time that is begun or engaged in. Formerly also with in or (occasionally) to.In quot. 1742 transitive (reflexive) in the same sense.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin an action [verb (reflexive)]

enter1742

c1300 St. Lucy (Harl.) l. 66 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 568 Woldestou entri þerinne in part, þu were riche ynouȝ.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 4109 (MED) But whan Castor entreþ in batail With his knyȝtes.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 8 To the entent that thei might praie and entre in orisones.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. M.iij A lorde of noble bloude, and somewhat entred in age.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 60 Euermore ymaginand & entrond in thoghtes.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. i. f. 5 Afoir we entir to the special declaratioun of ye X. commandis.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxliii. 2 Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant.

1667 Earl of Cardigan in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 9 Farre be it from me..to enter into dispute with your Lordship.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 21 Though the War was entred In, all hope of obtaining money to carry it On was even desperate.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. ix. 53 He..entered himself into an Ejaculation on the numberless Calamities which attended Beauty.

1782 Polit. Mag. & Parl., Naval, Mil. & Lit. Jrnl. July 419/1 He would not enter into a formal discussion of the right of judication.

1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. i. vi. 110 The commissioners entered into an active correspondence with Galileo.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 113 The returning officer has not..any power of entering into a scrutiny of votes.

1920 Times 22 Mar. 10/2 We entered into this war against Turkey as a crusade.

1963 J. J. Buckingham tr. H. Daniel-Rops Church in 17th Cent. vi. 364 Ultrasecret negotiations were entered into.

2011 N. Khoo Collateral Damage iii. 52 Hanoi had entered into peace talks with the U.S.

b. intransitive. Without construction. In early use often of a period of time or state of things: to begin, commence. In later use Scottish and Irish English (northern): to begin work, esp. as a hired agricultural labourer. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Enter) records the sense ‘to begin work’ as still in use in various parts of eastern Scotland and in Ulster in 1950.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin [verb (intransitive)]

beginc1000

comsea1225

gin?c1225

becomsea1375

commencec1380

to take beginninga1400

enterc1425

to start up1568

initiatea1618

inchoate1654

dawn1716

to take in1845

to take up1846

to set in1848

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 3543 (MED) Whan entred was þe niȝt.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 101 (MED) The weke þat entreþ nowe is callid of alle men passion weke.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. f. 13 Began and entred with the matter that he came for.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Diii To beginne with the Pedestal of Corinthia, ye shal enter thus.

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 150/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II There entred a verie feruent affection and good will betweene them.

1603 H. Clapham Three Partes Salomon Song of Songs Expounded iii. xxxiii. 277 The beginning of the Springs Equinoctiall, entring in March.

1669 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 41 Imploring His blessing for the year entering.

1688 Pennsylvania Arch. i. 107 The winter..is now entred with some severity.

1703 tr. A. de Ovalle Hist. Relation Chile i. ii. 4/1 Then the winter enters, and makes all the Trees bare.

1813 in Buchan Observer (1951) 13 Mar. Yesterday Robert Massie entered for summer half year 8 days after term.

1890 J. Service Thir Notandums 86 Noo, Tam, thou's enter at the term, Be sure and come at ony fee.

c. intransitive. With on, upon, indicating the activity or course of action begun or engaged in. Also: to embark on or upon a specified period of time.Probably at least partly arising as a figurative use of sense 17a.

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a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxiii. l. 578 Tyl that the day was Nygh Agon, And the Nyht faste Entrede vppon.

1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull iii. f. cxxiii^v When I haue entred on the declaration of the one part, I shuld nedes procede and declare the whole sentence.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. i. 4 Which of them should first enter vpon the gouernement and rule [L. uter auspicaretur et regeret].

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. Ded. sig. a2^v I after was entred on a Resolution to dedicate it to his Memory.

1696 T. Comber Disc. Offices 6 By his..offering and entring on a Treaty.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Pref. sig. A4 For before I enter'd on my Voyage I took care, [etc.].

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 271 I was now entered on the seven and twentieth Year of my Captivity.

1775–6 W. Petty Let. in R. Price Corr. (1994) III. 348 It would be an ungratefull task for an Individual to enter upon.

1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold II. x. 288 He entered on his Professorial duties.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 206 To enter upon a contest with evil.

1926 Times 10 Dec. 7/1 Huddersfield Town entered on their reign as champions.

1973 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 16 This is not a diet to enter upon without medical prescription.

2017 Philippines News Agency (Nexis) 15 June The fighting..entered on its fourth week.

d. transitive with the activity or course of action begun as direct object, or expressed by an infinitive as object.Now much less common than sense 2f, and not always clearly distinguishable from that sense.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)]

beginc1000

take?a1160

comsea1225

gina1325

commencec1330

tamec1386

to take upa1400

enterc1510

to stand to1567

incept1569

start1570

to set into ——1591

initiate1604

imprime1637

to get to ——1655

flesh1695

to start on ——1885

c1510 H. Watson tr. Gospelles of Dystaues sig. C.vii^v We be entred to speke of hennes.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iv. f. 17 To begynne and enter his prechyng.

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night G b Which before I enter to describe, thus much I will informe ye.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B1^v We with England will not enter parlie.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 256 A worke well entred, is truly said to be halfe done.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 27 Made, or at least entered at the Forge.

1748 tr. Coll. Hymns from Hymn-bk. Moravian Brethren: Pt. III 82/1 To rise To-day, Enter their Labours fresh again.

1873 Musical Times Apr. 55/1 It is not worth while to enter a conversation with a reviewer who writes only for modern readers.

1998 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. c6/2 The European nations must now seek to appeal the decision or enter a discussion with the United States over lowering the tariffs.

e. transitive. To begin, commence (a period of time or stage of development).

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the world > time > period > [verb (transitive)] > begin

enter1577

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 17 Traiane entring the yeares of xvj. left his studie.

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) vii. 188 Kings..in entring their reignes.

1670 J. A. Comenius Generall Table Europe (new ed.) ii. i. 81 The King entering his 14th year.

1728 Stamford Mercury 22 Feb. 59 The King of France's Birth-Day, who then entered the 19th year of his Age.

1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 280 A lad entering the fifteenth year of his age.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 13 (note) Her majesty had just entered the seventy-seventh year of her age.

1857 Ohio Farmer 11 July 109/4 Our exhibition has entered its second day.

1902 Med. Bull. 14 2/2 The disease has entered its final stage.

1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 577 The Soviet poultry industry is entering a new phase of development.

2017 Al Jazeera (Nexis) 15 Mar. The country's civil war entered its seventh year.

f. transitive. To begin participating in (a process or activity which has already started); to join in with.

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1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 57 I will go to sea, but on condition I shall meet with no storms. I will enter the war but on condition I shall have no blows.

1802 Crit. Rev. Nov. 274 The Bellerophon, commanded by Captain Darby, now entered the conflict.

1892 Boston Daily Advertiser 18 Nov. 8/1 He..may, in case his knee improves sufficiently, be given a chance to enter the game for a few minutes.

1942 Stars & Stripes (London ed.) 11 July 5/5 By the time [the] United States had entered the war he was a technical sergeant major.

1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 81 80 Rees..has entered the discussion of the absorption-line redshift problem..with a quasar model which would explain these redshifts.

2011 Addiction Professional May 12 Physicians need to enter the conversation about health insurance exchanges.

a. intransitive. To come or pass into (also †unto) a state or condition; (formerly sometimes) spec. to fall into a mental or physical disorder.

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the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become

yworthOE

worthOE

goOE

becomec1175

come?a1200

waxc1220

charea1225

aworthc1275

makea1300

fallc1300

breedc1325

grow1340

strikea1375

yern1377

entera1382

turna1400

smitec1400

raxa1500

resolvea1500

to get into ——?1510

waxen1540

get1558

prove1560

proceed1578

befall1592

drop1654

evade1677

emerge1699

to turn out1740

to gain into1756

permute1864

slip1864

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms xciv. 11 Fourti ȝeer offendid I was to þat jeneracioun..whom I swoor in my wrathe: þei shul not entren in to [L. introibunt in] my reste.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 23368 Þa iois sere þat ihesus crist has diȝt til his qua-sim mai entre in-to þat blis.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxxxviij/1 Alle they that so consented entred in to frenesye and myght not be hool.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xviii. 9 To entre in vnto life.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 675 Determined to take part with king Edwarde, with whome..he in small space entred into great grace and high fauour.

1610 R. Gibbons tr. L. de la Puente Meditat. Myst. Holy Faith i. 355 Thou mayest presentely enter into rest, and glorie.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden 155 Those that be entred into a Ptisick.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 251. ⁋6 He that has entred into Guilt has bid Adieu to Rest.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 153 This gluey substance..gathered by butterflies or other flying insects..before they enter into the Aurelia state.

1837 Times 28 Sept. 1/4 The celebrated dancer..having been invited to enter into magnetic ‘rapport’ with Mulhooly, touched his hand.

1881 H. A. Jäschke Tibetan-Eng. Dict. 538/1 To prepare oneself for contemplation, or enter into a state of ecstacy.

1911 J. T. Haley From Darkness into Light 126 The righteous will then enter into glory.

1997 D. Singh Khalsa & C. Stauth Brain Longevity xv. 314 Many elite athletes enter into a theta-wave ‘dissociative state’ during their events.

b. transitive. To go or pass into (a state or condition).

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?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye ii. sig. f5 They which with godlines had entred theire slepe (that is their deeth).

?1549 A. Scoloker tr. C. van der Heyden Bryefe Summe Whole Byble sig. Ciij Anye manne forsaking the promes of enteringe this rest.

1677 J. Crowne Destr. Jerusalem i. iv. 46 He could not dye, No more than those who enter heavenly joy.

1750 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 620 It enter'd the chrysalidal State.

1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1864) I. viii. 472 The transitionary state which France began to enter.

?1935 M. Tippett Sel. Lett. (2005) 227 The refusal of the individual..to enter a de-individualising existence.

1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 15 July (Abstracts) 18/1 Three of the remaining four patients..later entered remission.

2003 Independent 23 June 2/3 Nappers who did not enter REM sleep showed no improvement.

a. To admit, enrol, or employ.Often (esp. in early use) incorporating the notion of registering a person by name on a list, etc.; cf. sense 23a.

(a) transitive. To gain admission for (a person) as a student, member, etc.; to arrange for the enrolment, employment, etc., of. In earliest use more specifically: to appoint or nominate for a particular position.Often with in, into; formerly sometimes with for, of, or infinitive.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > receive or imbibe > receive or admit a person

enter1384

1384 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 27 Certein persones..that wer entred for the comun conseyl.

1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 153/2 Robert the Broise sall within xx dais..enter ane prest to signe [= sing] in the kirk of Arth.

a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in Bannatyne Misc. (1836) II. 293 It is writyn..that the madyn Rea was enterit be hir brethir in the hous & habit of relegioun.

1670 I. Walton Life G. Herbert 14 in Lives Having entred Edward into Queens Colledge.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 265 Some..Officers..Enter'd me into the Army.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1730 I. 34 Taylor was entered of that College.

1836 W. à Beckett Universal Biogr. I. 133/1 In 1636 he was entered by his father..and was put under the tuition of Richard Busby.

1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. vii. 146 Each citizen has a legal right to enter his children [in the primary schools].

1889 Morning Post 12 July 5/6 He was entered by his parents as a student at St. Gregory's College.

1968 Country Life 29 Aug. 517/1 Nicklaus, aged 10, was entered by his father in a clinic for instruction.

2004 E. O'Shaughnessy in E. Hargreaves & A. Varchevker In Pursuit of Psychic Change x. 174 His parents entered him at a public school.

(b) transitive. To admit, take on, or enrol (a person) as a student, member, etc.; (also) to engage, recruit, employ. Now rare.Also with among, into, or infinitive.

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society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ

hirec1000

i-bye10..

i-hirec1000

soldc1386

takea1400

retain1437

wage1465

conduct1476

fee1488

conduce1502

implya1533

entertain1572

enter1585

wager1592

to fill up1598

to take on1611

improve1640

to speak for ——a1688

employa1727

engage1753

ploy1871

to turn on1893

to book up1915

1585 W. Whitaker Aunswere Bk. by W. Rainoldes xvii. 418 You intitle your schoole of Sorbone with the names of Salomon, Dauid, Esaie, Ieremy, Peter, Paule, Augustine, as though they had euer bene entred into that Colledge.

1642 J. Taylor Humble Petition Company of Watermen to House of Commons sig. A4 William Cooper served one Thomas Burbydge of Wapping 3 yeers before this Master entered him.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. ii. §5 And if the King were chosen out of the Souldiers, he was presently entred among the Priests.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses III. 358 In the year 1655 making a return to the University, he was entred into Ch. Ch.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 370 He had entered twenty-three men during his stay at Macao.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §130 I likewise entered three masons and nine tinners..to take the first turn or week.

1841 A. S. Mackenzie Life P. Jones I. iv. 93 He had addressed a letter to the person engaged to enter men to accompany him.

1896 Musical Herald 2 Nov. 328/1 O'Leary was entered as a pupil of the Conservatorium.

1909 W. E. B. Du Bois J. Brown iii. 28 John Brown was entered among the students of the Rev. Moses Hallock.

1965 D. A. Baugh Brit. Naval Admin. Age of Walpole vi. 318 His carelessness in entering workmen without proper warrants from the Board.

(c) transitive. With complement: to gain admission or employment for (a person) as what is specified by the complement; to admit or enrol in the specified position. Now rare.In extended use in quot. a1640.

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a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) i. i. 272 With this charitie I enter thee a begger.

1772 J. Towers Brit. Biogr. VII. 357 His father..entered him a Clerk to Sir Francis Winnington.

1826 G. L. Smyth Monuments & Genii St. Paul's Cathedral & Westm. Abbey II. 825 He entered him a student at the temple.

1895 New Rev. May 571 Pureney..prevailed upon his father to enter him a pensioner at Corpus Christi College.

1982 J. Sutherland in A. Trollope Way we live Now (1991) p. ix The Carlton Club..changes its rules to enter him a member.

(a) intransitive. To join or be admitted to a group, organization, institution, religious community, etc.; to become a member. Also with †in, into.

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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (intransitive)] > become a member

enter1389

join1716

to sign up1875

pledge1887

1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 45 Who þat entryth in þe same Fraternite.

a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 178 I entred am in-to ȝour companye.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) iv. 61 We be entred as brethern.

1566 T. Becon New Postil ii. f. 117^v A monke doothe renounce all thyngs, and entreth into an abbey.

1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 266 By entring into a Confraternity.

1717 R. L'Estrange & J. Ozell tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano Spanish Pole-cat ii. 146 He had chose rather to have entered into a Monastery.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at Rapier) To take the Rapier, is to enter in the Army.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1730 I. 33 He fairly told Taylor that he could not..suffer him to enter where he knew he could not have an able tutor.

1854 Prospective Rev. 10 525 He..entered at Oriel College.

1906 Educ. Times Mar. 127/2 Those who enter at the age of eighteen may obtain training-college grants for two years.

1977 Washington Post 20 Sept. c6/1 After entering at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, he took a residency there.

2014 M. Doel & T. Kelly A-Z of Groups & Groupwork 95 Some open groups have new members entering and old members leaving on a very regular and frequent basis.

(b) transitive. To join or be admitted to (an organization, group, institution, religious community, etc.); to become a member of.

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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > become member of

enter1517

join1716

pledge1856

1517 R. Fox tr. Rule Seynt Benet lxii. sig. G.ii^v Let him all way..remembre that place & rome that he was in when he entred the monastery [L. ingressus est in monasterio].

1588 ‘Zealous Affected Subject’ Oration Militarie sig. A3 Some of them haue entred the armies of the enemies.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 165 This day, my sister should the Cloyster enter .

1700 G. Dempster Prodigal returned to Scotl. 7 In the year 1690 I applyed my self to my Studies, and entered the Colledge of Edinburgh.

1776 Oxf. Mag. Aug. 547/2 She enters a convent and takes the veil.

1792 T. Cooper Reply Mr. Burke's Invective 51 The young men who enter the Army, are obviously tempted to prefer the seducing occupations of a military life.

1825 E. Benger Mem. E. Stuart II. xii. 212 The princess should not..enter a nunnery, in order to elude the engagement.

1896 Overland Monthly July 75 He, in the winter of 1863, entered the volunteer Navy.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door iii. 72 He entered the Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture.

1979 J. McCardell Idea of Southern Nation iii. 120 After graduation in 1839 DeBow entered the College of Charleston.

2016 Korea Times (Nexis) 27 July I decided to enter the company after becoming more interested in water issues.

c. transitive (reflexive). To enrol oneself as a student, member, employee, etc.; to gain admission to a group, organization, institution, religious community, etc. Chiefly with in, into, (formerly) of.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > establish (residence)

planteOE

to take up1523

settle1562

enter1603

fix1638

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (reflexive)] > become member

enter1603

adjoin1651

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with > take part in

leadOE

to take partc1384

to sit in1601

enter1603

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures v. 20 Mainie..entred himselfe into the order of the Bonhommes.

1653 Descr. & Plat Sea-coasts Eng. sig. A3 How far they have travelled to enter themselves into the States Service.

1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration ii. 59 They are free from it who enter themselves of the Company.

1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 63/2 He entered himself in the Middle Temple.

1801 F. Barrett Magus ii. 158 An insatiable curiosity to know every thing induced him to..enter himself into several religious fraternities.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 6 He therefore entered himself as a clerk to a solicitor.

1918 World Outlook Aug. 30/2 It is not uncommon at McTyeire for a mother to..enter herself in a primary class.

1974 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 12 Sept. c1/2 She hastily entered herself into a nursing home.

2000 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 9 July He had recovered and entered himself in the Arsenal, a military school.

a. intransitive. With into. To engage in the consideration or discussion of a particular subject.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)]

thinkOE

bethinka1200

umthinka1300

to have mind ofc1300

casta1340

studya1375

delivera1382

to chew the cudc1384

to take advisementa1393

stema1400

compassc1400

advisec1405

deliberc1405

to make it wisec1405

to take deliberationc1405

enter?a1413

riddlec1426

hovec1440

devise?c1450

to study by (also in) oneself?c1450

considerc1460

porec1500

regard1523

deliberate1543

to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546

contemplate1560

consult1565

perpend1568

vise1568

to consider of1569

weigh1573

ruminate1574

dascanc1579

to lay to (one's) heart1588

pondera1593

debate1594

reflect1596

comment1597

perponder1599

revolvea1600

rumine1605

consider on, upon1606

to think twice1623

reflex1631

spell1645

ponderatea1652

to turn about1725

to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736

to wake over1771

incubatea1847

mull1857

fink1888

?a1413 Treat. Med. in J. Norri Names Sicknesses in Eng. 1400–1550 (1992) 69 I Austyn schal write sumdel of theorike & sumdel of practike þorue þe whiche ȝe schulle þe betir entre in to þe worchynge of fisik.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Transgressio A man leaueth the principal matter, & entreth into an other thing.

1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. Aij To entre into another matter.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. O1 The second of these must by insinuation bee entered into.

1621 E. Grimeston tr. N. Coeffeteau Table Humane Passions Pref. sig. a7^v Wee haue spoken enough hereof, let vs now enter into the subiect.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi §9 If we should enter into their Theology, and the History of that.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 95. ⁋3 I..should be obliged to you if you would enter into the Matter more deeply.

1769 Monthly Rev. May 433 The Author enters into that question as follows.

1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. Introd. 34 To enter into these speculations would however be useless and unprofitable.

1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 45 Into its physiology we do not propose to enter.

1935 Times of India 14 June 11/2 He did not wish to enter into the matter of relations with Britain again.

1972 Jrnl. Contemp. Asia 2 174 Before we enter into the subject-matter of the discussion, a terminological remark is necessary.

2015 A. Lord Transforming Renewal ii. 51 I am not entering into the question of authorship.

b. intransitive. With on, upon. To begin consideration or discussion of a particular subject.

ΚΠ

1622 T. Barnes Gales of Grace i. 5 Our Sauiour hauing by this occasion entred vpon so woorthy a subiect.

1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 124 Then the Kinges Councell entred upon their proofes.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. vi. 22 Thus enter the Prelates upon affaires of Kings and Kingdomes.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 339. ¶5 The Day is not too far spent for him to enter upon such a Subject.

1727 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 295 This day the Committee..entered on the Church's grievances.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xv. 187 Her fear, if she once entered on the subject.

1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Apr. 631 Mr. Ruskin..enters on his special subject, namely landscape painting.

1909 Independent (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 584/1 The Supreme Court of the United States thus enters upon the problem of the limitation of democracy.

1960 R. J. Clements Picta Poesis ix. 178 He even enters upon the question of verisimilitude.

2006 Africa News (Nexis) 9 Jan. Let us enter upon the subject at hand.

a. transitive. To become a party to (a contract, agreement, treaty, etc.); to undertake to abide by, to subscribe to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > make conclude or seal (an agreement)

binda1300

smitec1330

takec1330

ratify1357

knitc1400

enter1418

obligea1522

agree1523

conclude1523

strike1544

swap1590

celebrate1592

rate?1611

to strike up1646

form1736

firm1970

1418 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 351 (MED) It is þoght þat, þogh þe Dauphins partie wolde entre þat tretee, it shuld not be admitted finally.

?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. f.ii^v Hall should enter bonde in two hundred markes in Recognizance for the payment.

1595 M. Mosse Arraignm. Usurie ii. 51 Then may it easilie appeare that a man may yeelde his consent, and enter a contract by silence.

1650 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 224 If she shall refuse to enter such bond.

1691 B. Motte tr. S. F. von Pufendorf Whole Duty of Man i. ix. 129 A man after having contracted with one, might be at liberty to enter a Treaty with another.

1829 Morning Chron. 24 July Subsequent contracts of a similar kind were entered between the parties about a steam-engine, and a screw machine.

1894 N.Y. Times 11 Nov. 4/7 An invitation to enter an agreement with five European powers to stop the Japanese advance into China.

1957 Times 23 Nov. 3/2 He should be injuncted from entering a contract with anyone else.

2001 N.Y. Times 6 May iii. 6/4 Warnaco..enters an exclusive license agreement to sell Weight Watchers ‘shapewear’.

b. intransitive. With into, †in. To become a party to a contract, treaty, etc.; to subscribe to, or undertake to abide by, an agreement.More common than the equivalent transitive sense 6a.to enter into a covenant: see covenant n. 1a. to enter into security: see security n. Phrases 3d.

ΚΠ

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. cclxxxiii/1 He myght entre in to treatie with Lamorabaquy for the redempcion of his sonne.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xxiii. 3 And all the people entred in to [a1382 Wycliffite, E.V. assentyde to] the couenaunt.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 65 Tis nothing but some band that he is entred into.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 126 Master, I am heere entred in bond for you.

1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing xvi. sig. E3^v The like Bond shall be entred into by all.

1673 Answer to Case of Inhabitants of Croydon 2 John Blake Junior..entred into an agreement with the Dr. to seale the Leases.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶1 A Subject of the Great Mogul entering into a League with one of the Czar of Moscovy.

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 ii. 201 They entred anew into articles of submission.

1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 31 The agreement, into which he had entered.

1886 Manch. Examiner 2 Jan. 5/3 He refused to enter into a treaty with the Indian Government.

1930 St. Anne (Illinois) Record 11 Dec. A treaty was entered into whereby Nicaragua was paid $3,000,000.

1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside iii. x. 114 Their attempts to enter into a no-ploughing agreement with the Moor's owners fell down.

2015 Manila Times (Nexis) 4 July By agreeing to lend you his motorbike, you and your friend entered into a contract of loan.

†7. intransitive. To begin an attack upon or on. Cf. to come upon —— 1a at come v. Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)]

onreseeOE

onslayc1275

entera1425

to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588

endeavour?1589

to fall aboard1591

to let fly1611

strikea1616

to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655

to fall on board (of)1658

tilt1708

to walk into ——1794

to run in1815

to peg it1834

to sail in1856

to wade in1863

to light in1868

to roll into ——1888

to make for ——1893

a1425 Rev. Methodius in J. Trevisa Dialogus Militem et Clericum (1925) 101 Þei entriden [a1450 BL Add. 37049 entyrd] vppon þe sones of Israel.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1359 Þou sall eft, all on ernest, entire on þe wallis And foulire [read foule hire] vndir þi feete.

?1520 R. Pynson tr. Frère Hayton Lytell Cronycle f. viii^v/1 The Armenys..entred vpon them and droue theym oute of all the landes.

1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours f. 70 Geta with a companye entered vppon him to slea him.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 698 The Beare dareth not to enter vpon the wilde Bore, except behind him.

1693 tr. A. W. Schowart Observ. Hist. & Geneal. iii. 80 The King enters upon him with a vast Army, and is totally routed by him.

a. transitive. To begin training (an animal, esp. a hunting animal); to train (a hawk) to fly after quarry; to break in (a horse). Also with at, to, with, indicating the kind of game or quarry to which a hunting animal is first introduced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train

temec1000

tamec1315

faite1362

daunt1377

afaitea1393

reclaima1393

chastisec1400

makea1425

meekc1429

break1474

enter1490

train?1532

law1534

dressc1540

meeken1591

correct1594

subjugate1595

cicure1599

unwild1605

cicurate1606

mancipate1623

familiarize1634

domesticate1641

gentle1651

domesticize1656

civilize1721

educate1760

domiciliate1782

1490 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 508 A kest of hakys, when he went to enter them to the rever.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lix. 165 The Hare is the verie proper beaste to enter houndes well.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To flesh, to enter a dog.

1614 S. Latham Falconry Contents sig. a2 When a hawke will be ready to enter.

1668 S. Pepys Diary 21 Dec. (1976) IX. 398 Not daring yet to use them [sc. horses] too much, but only to enter them.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Entering of Hounds The Hare is esteemed the best Game to enter your Hounds at.

1773 J. Campbell Treat. Mod. Faulconry xiii. 156 Some faulconers enter their hawks with live pigeons.

1829 T. Brown Biogr. Sketches Dogs 502 In entering fox hounds it should always be at their own game.

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) 124 The young hounds should be entered to fox.

1881 E. B. Michell Hawking in Macmillan's Mag. 45 39 It remains only to break him to the lure, and to ‘enter’ him, each of which processes is soon completed.

1942 Country Life 11 Dec. 1134/3 It is better to enter a dog to cold game.

1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 113/1 The falconer's preparation of a hawk from first taking her up, to entering her at quarry.

†b. transitive. To introduce the knowledge of something to (a person); to begin educating or instructing (a person) in an area of knowledge; to initiate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > ground or initiate

foundc1394

groundc1405

introduce1475

induce1490

enter?1529

institutea1538

flesh1591

induct1603

initiate1603

principle1608

elementa1639

foundation1661

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. iv. sig. D.iiij The preceptes of wyse men, whiche she had be entred in.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 13 b Sounde meate for such as are wel entred.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. ii. 2 They of Rome are entred in our Counsailes.

1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 62 So that he be already entred into the Theorie of Musick.

a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 202 He asked me..If I would enter his Children in the Rudiments of the Latin Tongue.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. iv. 76 Cleophon..entered him [sc. his son] betimes in the principles of his Sect.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iv. 229 You are entered in all the secrets of his workshop.

†a. intransitive. With into. To use a particular row, column, or entry in a table of figures as a starting point for further calculation or reckoning. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1500 (?1397) G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Digby 72) (1872) ii. Suppl. §44. 54 With so many entere into thy tabelis in þe furst lyne.

1606 J. Fage Speculum Ægrotorum sig. E Now I desire to know the Critical, Iudiciall and Mortal daies (of that person) then entring into the Table in the vttermost columbe on the left hand, vnder the caracter of the moone in Pisces, ouer against the 12. deg. in the next columbe, I find the 7. degree of Aries, to which when the Moone commeth is a mortall day.

b. transitive. To begin using (a table of figures) at a particular row, column, or entry. Now chiefly Nautical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > create a graph [verb (transitive)] > expand or consult a table

enter1555

subtabulate1936

1555 L. Digges Prognostication Right Good Effect sig. G Entre youre Table, consideringe that moneth and daye.

1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 11/2 With this quocient Sine I enter the Table.

1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 60 I enter the Table under the Title inches.

1774 B. Donne Brit. Mariner's Assistant 35 With this Time enter Table IV. and from the Column of Log. Rising take out the Logarithm corresponding thereto.

1840 H. Raper Pract. Navigation 80 Enter Table 5 with the first number of points at the top, and the second number of points at the side.

1916 F. W. Sterling Small Boat Navigation iv. 85 Enter table 2 at course marked 40°.

2014 H. J. Baker Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2014 4/1 Enter table on page 45 (left hand side) with arguments OA [= observed altitude] and НЕ [= height of eye].

†10. intransitive. With into. To interfere or meddle in the business, practices, etc., of others. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xiiij Pray for him that he may execute his office in his owne diocese and not entre into other mens officies.

1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke iii. xvii. 230 We goe out of our limits, and enter into other mens professions and trades to reforme their enormities and knauish customes.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 459 Other Princes would not..enter into the laws and establishment settled among us.

11.

a. intransitive. With into. To form part of the thing specified, to be an element of or factor in something; to be relevant to something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be (part of) [verb (transitive)] > be the or a component(s) of > enter into as an element

enter1563

ingrede1657

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iii. i. f. 4 The simples (entrynge into the composition of the vsuall pouder) are venomous.

1691 J. Scougall tr. D. Beddevole Ess. Anat. vii. 76 Volatile Sulphurs, and Volatile Alcalies are the Animal Spirits which enter into its composition.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 176. ⁋2 Our Affections must never enter into our Business.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §193 The quantity and species of sabulous matter that entered into the texture of the limestone.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 567 These universal correspondencies..enter into all the plans of Nature.

1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 356/1 In Gardening the ideal and the actual are intimately blended; the practical element enters into it somewhat largely.

1879 T. H. Huxley Hume 74 Those compound states of consciousness, which so largely enter into our ordinary trains of thought.

1929 Times 6 July 17/6 Yellow and red enter into the colour symphony of all the petals.

1994 Discover Apr. 64/1 Behaviorists call this a fixed-action response because free will doesn't enter into it.

2017 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 June (Spectrum section) 18 Many diverse elements enter into the fabric of Castro's always intriguing though sometimes opaque works.

b. intransitive. With adverbial in. To be or become a factor or element in something indicated by the context.

ΚΠ

1888 Spectator 30 June 884/1 Other considerations, some of them trifling enough, enter in.

1952 T. Parsons Social Syst. 7 The moment even the most elementary system-level is brought under consideration a component of ‘system integration’ must enter in.

1986 J. Dallen Reconciling Community (1991) vii. 205 Other concerns entered in, of course, and sometimes interfered with the pastoral one.

2014 C. Cobb et al. Chem. of Alchemy ix. 150 There is the possibility of jealousy entering in.

†12. transitive. Of an action, circumstance, object, etc.: to be the means by which (a person) is brought or introduced into a position, state, situation, etc. Chiefly with into. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > bring into a position

reduce?a1475

enter1563

land1649

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > bring into activity or activate

enter1563

inact1583

active1620

activate1624

yoke1630

animate1646

inactuate1651

to bring (also call, put) into (also in) play1799

to put onc1842

to bring on1860

mobilize1871

derepress1962

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate with for common purpose [verb (transitive)] > bring into association

allyc1325

confeder1380

sociea1387

associate1398

sociate1485

companya1500

band1530

confederate1532

aggregate1534

colleague1535

join1560

enter1563

bandy1597

league1611

colligate1613

club1656

fraternize1656

federalize1787

brigade1831

1563 R. Fills tr. T. de Bèze Briefe Summe Christian Faith f. 88 The whole rabble of them be entred into the Churche by brybes and symonye [Fr. tous sont entrez en l'Eglise par argent].

1604 J. Downham Christian Warfare ii. xlv. 547 Desperation..entreth vs into the most certaine and present possession thereof.

?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads iii. Comm. 49 Time..will not otherwise let me come to the last twelue [books], in which the first free light of my Author, entred and emboldened me.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 112 This sword but shewne to Cæsar with this tydings, Shall enter me with him.

1658 Whole Duty of Man (1684) i. §31. 23 Baptism..enters us into covenant with God.

a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xx. 184 By which [sc. Baptism] we are entred and initiated into the Christian Church.

a1771 J. Gill Coll. Serm. & Tracts (1773) II. 160 The Jewish children were entered into their church by circumcision.

13. intransitive. With into. To engage deeply or properly with something; to participate fully in something..to enter into the spirit of: see spirit n. Phrases 8

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > become interested in

to take up in1665

enter1694

to take up1751

to turn on1954

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > fellow feeling > fellow-feel [verb (intransitive)]

sympathize1607

fellow-feel1612

consanguinate1621

enter1851

relate1947

1694 G. Burnet Serm. preach'd before Queen 11 Mar. 26 Enter into and feel the sufferings of others.

1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 26 With a kind of Sympathy entering into the Concern of the People, and taking, as it were, their Passion upon him.

1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. vi. 43 It is by comparison only that we can enter into the philosophy of language.

1833 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. ix. 404 Entering into everything and enjoying everything like a child.

1851 A. Helps Friends in Council II. 11 I should enter into his feelings rather than into those of the ordinary spectator.

1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 89 She entered into all the arrangements..in a methodical and rational manner.

1914 Med. World June 238 In everyday life the great question is to enter into the spirit of it.

1969 Mosaic 2 67 This passage shows his ability..to enter into the emotions of a man who has just lost his wife.

2011 S. Lovibond I. Murdoch, Gender & Philos. i. 1 He does, however, seem to expect his readers to enter into the excitement of the encounter.

14. transitive. Bridge and Whist. To transfer the lead to (oneself, one's partner, or one's dummy).intransitive in quot. 1880.

ΚΠ

1880 ‘A. Trump, Jr.’ Laws & Regulations Short Whist 77 It forces out the commanding cards of that suit held by the adversaries, who wish to enter to play their own strong cards.

1902 ‘L. Leigh’ Bridge Whist (ed. 3) iii. 138 The dealer plays to clear the Clubs and put South in, knowing that he will open Hearts, and must eventually enter Dummy.

1960 T. Reese Play Bridge with Reese 23 If the spades are breaking as well, I can play Ace and another spade, ruff out the King of clubs and enter dummy to make two long clubs.

1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 14/7 Bridge..He enters his hand via trump and ruffs another club in dummy.

2003 F. North Bridge Play Unravelled 116 The West hand can be entered with the ace of diamonds and a second spade defeats the contract.

II. Senses relating to physical entry into a place.

15.

a. intransitive with prepositional phrase.

(a) To come or go into a place, area, building, etc. Also occasionally with in (now nonstandard) or (formerly) with †unto.In quots. a1325, a1400 transitive (reflexive) with intransitive meaning.Now much less common than the transitive sense 15d(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)]

i-goc1275

entera1325

to step into ——c1380

enterc1400

get1585

invade1590

ingressa1631

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 105 Ihesus him entrede in-to Ierusalem.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 205 Þe emperowr entred in a wey.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8341 For-þi hir enterd bersabe.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4481 Jn to a castel he entreþ þare.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 37 At þat cytee entreth the ryuere of Nyle in to the see.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 47^v Honerable Elan was entrid in þe tempull.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 263 Syr for Gods sake enter againe into your Ship.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. i He proudly entered into the sanctuary.

a1628 J. Doddridge Eng. Lawyer (1631) 221 The Miller entreth unto the others ground and breaketh downe the stakes.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxv. 96 Entering into the little wood, he heard the sound of a bell.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 5 We entred into a Woody Mountainous Country.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 339 Enter into it [sc. the harbour] then at this time..while day-light remains.

1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. iv. 70 We..entered into a noble forest.

1876 R. W. Sibthorp Daily Bread 145 There are many who go round the walls, without entering into the castle.

1931 Oceania 2 182 We went, and began to enter into the woods.

1971 N.Y. Times 20 Mar. 35/3 She hopes the experience of entering into the space will simulate birth.

1984 in L. Winer Dict. Eng./Creole Trinidad & Tobago (2009) 329/1 Everybody shud stan up when di Headmaster enter in di classroom.

2008 H. W. Smith Continuities of German Hist. ii. 65 After gathering in the churchyard, the assembled enter into the hall.

(b) figurative. To go or pass into a person, the heart, a notional place, etc.; to be admitted into something. In early use also with in.See also to enter into a person's head at Phrases 5.

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xiii. 27 Sathanas entride in to him.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1109 O..Appollo..entreth in my brest anoon.

c1475 Proverbs (Rawl. D.328) in Mod. Philol. (1940) 38 118 Wysdem schall neuer en-tre in to a newle [= an evil] wyllyd.

1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies sig. E^v What man..doth not see and lament to haue entred in to Christes religion, suche false doctrine.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 18 Error therefore entring into the world with sin among us poore Adamites.

1698 J. Pechey Compl. Midwife's Pract. Enlarged (ed. 5) 347 Such unrests as these ought not to enter into the breast of a Midwife.

1780 Crit. Rev. Sept. 212 The devil entered into one of those serpents.

1824 Monthly Rev. Feb. 179 Corruption and falsehood have entered into her heart.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 450 A spirit of reverence enters into the young man's soul.

1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers 7 Such equipment is already rising above the basic ‘domestic quality’ and entering into the hi-fi fringes.

2003 Empire May 153/3 The cel-shaded character and background graphics that persuade you that you've left the console world and entered into an interactive TV cartoon.

b. intransitive. With pleonastic or emphatic in (as an adverb): to come or go in; to get in.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)]

to go ineOE

ingoc900

to come inOE

incomec1000

infarec1000

enterc1325

enderc1330

ingressc1330

entera1382

to fall inc1384

usha1400

to get ina1425

to step in1534

to set (or put) (a) footing1567

invade1590

to take in1595

to hop in (also out)1914

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1097 Hii entred In at temese mouþ.

a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) l. 300 (MED) And hastily in-to Troy they entred In.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 744 And enteryt in withe his menȝhe.

1509 Kynge Rycharde Cuer du Lyon (de Worde) sig. E.viii^v And there we may without dente Enter in now verament.

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 81 While he wer entring in at y^e gate.

1566 T. Heskyns Parl. Chryste ii. xi. f. cxi Chryst against the nature of this bodie, entred in through the shett doores.

1601 R. Verstegan Odes 102 Wee enter in at this worldes cumbrous gate.

1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Apologie conc. Perfection 141 in tr. J. Böhme Remainder of Bks. Through this Dore we must all Enter in.

1747 J. Wesley Let. 18 July (1931) II. 107 Weary of striving to enter in at the strait gate.

1791 Literary Mag. & Brit. Rev. July 26/1 They shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 117 Empanoplied and plumed We enter'd in.

1904 J. Rhoades Little Flowers St. Francis of Assisi 106 He would not enter in, but to a church Betook him.

2010 N.Y. Amsterdam News 9 Sept. 9/4 They had to enter in through the kitchen.

c. intransitive without construction.

(a) To come or go in.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)]

to go ineOE

ingoc900

to come inOE

incomec1000

infarec1000

enterc1325

enderc1330

ingressc1330

entera1382

to fall inc1384

usha1400

to get ina1425

to step in1534

to set (or put) (a) footing1567

invade1590

to take in1595

to hop in (also out)1914

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxiii. 21 Ther entride not bi it the ship of roweres, ne the grete ship of thre mastes [altered to stagis] shal not ouergon it.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xx. 919 Þe stok þerof [sc. boxe]..haþ no poores where ayre might entre.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 5185 Ramsay til hym coyme in hy, And gert hym entre.

a1535 T. More Hist. Edward V (1641) 16 When he is once entred, he creepeth forth so farre.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. ix. 186 A way made..for Paganisme, or for extreme barbaritie to enter.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 183 She is to enter now, and I am to spy Her through the wall.

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 194 John..did..before Christ entred, play the Mediator.

1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 159 The Air..entring by the Furnace-Pipes.

1746 ‘F. de Biron’ tr. Adventures & Amours Marquis de Noailles II. 299 I started to my Feet, and was scarce got up when the Marquis entered.

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 ii. 138 The minister..discovered near 20 entring.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. liv. 41 The king and his troops entered first through a postern.

1869 J. G. Austin Cipher 22 The door opened noiselessly, and Mrs. Rhee entered.

1915 Paper-maker & Brit. Paper Trade Jrnl. Apr. 422/1 The water enters at the top.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iii. 441 He entered and walked toward the bull's stall.

2017 Sun (Nigeria) (Nexis) 10 May One of them opened the door, entered and sat on my front seat.

(b) Of an actor: to come on to the stage; to make one's entrance. Chiefly as a stage direction, usually preceding the name (or names) of the character (or characters) who are to come on (also figurative); cf. exit v.¹In stage directions, the form enter is usually used even when the reference is singular (for example, ‘Enter Hamlet’ rather than ‘Enters Hamlet’). This form was apparently originally subjunctive (with jussive force, corresponding to Latin intret, also used as a stage direction in some 16th-cent. plays in English), though the directive nature of the construction may have led it to be interpreted as imperative. Indicative forms also occur (and are attested earliest); see e.g. quot. 1534.

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?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) l. 432 + 1 (stage direct.) Here shall entere a-nother devyll..with a fyeryng.

1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. B.i (stage direct.) Here they go both out and the louer belouyd entreth with a songe.

a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) iii. 116 (stage direct.) Here enter Pandwlfus, þe cardynall, and sayth [etc.].

1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London ii. sig. A.ii^v (stage direct.) Enter Dissimulation, hauing on a farmers long coat, and a cappe.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §47 In the last scene, all the Actors must enter to compleat and make up the Catastrophe.

1675 W. Wycherley Country Wife i. 11 Manent Horner, Harcourt, Dorilant; Enter to them Mr. Pinchwife.

1727 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 23 June (1966) II. 78 During these Excuses, enter Edgcombe, who appear'd frighted at the sight of a third person.

1789 G. Colman Ut Pictura Poesis! 10 (stage direct.) Enter Milk Girl, with Pails.

1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 28 Jan. (1971) 162 Enter Mr. Sneyd, to whom..the Italian scholars ran with their book.

1820 S. J. Arnold Devil's Bridge i. i. 6 (stage direct.) When Marcelli enters, followed by Claudine, he has a spade and a basket.

1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island iv. 83 Broadbent enters, soiled and disordered as to his motoring coat.

1916 Shanghai Times 5 July 5/7 The actors entered by doors right and left.

1967 F. J. Singer Epigrams at Large 17 Enter Money, exit dignity.

2005 R. Bean Harvest 92 (stage direct.) Enter a young woman Vet, about 26, a Kiwi.

(a) transitive. To come or go into (a place, area, building, vehicle, etc.).In quot. a1470 in perfect formed with be.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)]

i-goc1275

entera1325

to step into ——c1380

enterc1400

get1585

invade1590

ingressa1631

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 329 (MED) Þou schal enter þis ark.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 22 Thes two noble kynges were entirde the londe.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii^v He hathe entred the heuen to appere before y^e vysage of his fader for vs.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 171 Who being discomfited with the storms and tempestes thereof, never enter shippe.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 6 One..that when he enters the confines of a Tauerne, claps me his sword vpon the table.

1612 W. Fenner Pluto his Trauailes 11 They enter the Temple, where their Saint stands.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World vi. xxvii. §17. 613/2 Having taken a blessing from the Priest, he enters the house.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 178. ⁋2 He..returns as if he were entring a Gaol.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iv. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 859 They soon came to know who they were that came to them, and were entred the city.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 109 Some traveller, who shall enter Our tent, may read them.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 234 Who was the young lady that I saw entering a carriage?

1921 Archit. Forum Dec. 241/2 As one enters the room, the chimney-piece will be readily observed.

1986 New Yorker 4 Aug. 25 (caption) You are now entering Alaska.

2015 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 8 The ruler was all smiles when he entered the shop and mingled with his subjects.

(b) transitive. figurative. To go or pass into (a person, the heart, a notional place, etc.); to be admitted into.See also to enter a person's head at Phrases 5.

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c1400 Last Age of Church (1840) p. xxv Þis was þe firste tribulacioun þat ontrede þe Chirche of God.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 2204 (MED) Noble matrones, which han al suffisaunce Off womanhed..ay prouideth..That no such foly entre your corage To folwe Dido.

?1538 Encheridyon Spyrytuall Lyfe sig. C.iii^v in tr. St. Martinus Rule of Honest Lyfe Nothynge entreth your mynde, but god.

1696 T. Gregory Disc. Several Divine Subj. 106 The Waters of Bitterness (you see) entred his Soul.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. vi. iv. 512 The most sad, melancholy, dismal, funest, cypressian casualty that can enter the human imagination.

1826 Sephora II. xxii. 4 By what avenue love entered their hearts,..we have been unable to ascertain.

1938 Foreign Service Feb. 38 (caption) He enters the work-a-day world with eyes front and center, head up.

1975 A. Schimmel Mystical Dimensions of Islam iii. 117 Do not allow any impure thoughts to enter their hearts.

1999 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Mar. (Features section) 62 Enter a chatroom and dialogue might consist of something like this: Hi :) How r u ?

2008 New Yorker 14 Jan. 84/1 Her bumptious second single, ‘Foundations’, entered the British charts last June at No. 2.

e. transitive. To bring or put (a person or animal) into a place, area, etc.; (formerly sometimes) spec. to take or bring (someone) on board a ship or other vessel. Also figurative. Now rare.Frequently with prepositional phrase (often with into) indicating the place, area, etc., concerned.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in > a person into a house, room, or vessel

admit1434

showc1450

to take in?a1475

enter1523

inducea1535

to show ina1640

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxx. 143 They decked thre shyppes, and entred into theym a certayne.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 387 Whereby to enter the lawe of the Gospel into the mightie kingdome of China.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. i. 127 Entered we are not into the visible Church before our admittance by the doore of baptisme.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iii. sig. D3 I should for the more state let him walke some two houres in an vtter roome..but come enter him.

1674 London Gaz. No. 870/4 Laying him on board on the Bow..[he] entered his Men, and made him surrender.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 4 He would..endeavour to enter me fairly into the Station of Life which, [etc.].

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 203 The Boat..was to enter her Men in the Waste.

1768 Scots Mag. Oct. 547/2 The Duke of Cumberland..was entered on board the Venus frigate.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. viii. 136 He would, he said, fairly enter me on the grounds, and introduce me.

1892 Cavalry Drill Regulations (U.S. Army) 193 The horse should be watered..before entering him into the stream.

2014 K. Gannon & D. L. Gilbertson Case Stud. Drowning Forensics xiv. 327 Dion's abductor(s) would have entered him into the river under the cover of darkness.

f. transitive. To go through or within (a door, gate, etc.); to pass through (something serving as an entrance).

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1530 T. Gascoigne's Myrroure Oure Lady f. cxlv Our lady in her assumpcyon entred those gates as an ouercomer.

1596 Raigne Edward III sig. B3 Being at the wall, enter our homely gate.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 49 When they enter the gates, they must deliuer their weapons to the Corporall.

1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 391/2 Just as she was about to enter the Door, a pail of water came sousing upon her.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 10 The gate which thou enterest.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xli. 518 The glorious procession entered the gate of the hippodrome.

1833 ‘C. Elizabeth’ Derry xiii. 303 Before, however, any one could enter the half opened portal, Magrath presented himself.

1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xvi Entering the door there was an apartment on each side.

1923 Living Age 3 Feb. 262/2 The gate was entered and the foreigners found themselves within the walls.

1963 Washington Post 24 July c5/8 Water entered the opening in the throat.

2014 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Suppl.) 6 Special Ops officers enter the side door.

g. transitive. To force entry into (a building, etc.); to break into. Formerly also: †to board (a ship) by force (obsolete). Also intransitive, sometimes with into.Often paired with break in the context of burglary and other crimes: see also to break and enter at break v. 17a and cf. breaking and entering at breaking n. 1c.Sometimes probably simply a contextual use of sense 15d(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > violently

break851

foundc1420

enter1567

burst1570

intrude1594

raid1875

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxxii. f. 393 The souldiers of Godefrey..entred their enimies ships.

1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xxvii. 49/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II His lodging..was entred with fire.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 There is more men lost in entering, if the chase stand to her defence.

1663 J. Oliver Present for Teeming Women iii. 28 Seven thieves enter the house.

1676 Warn. Housekeepers 4 Glasiers, thieves who enter houses, thro' windows, first remouing a pane of glass.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 194 And seeing their fore-castle..full of men..I concluded they had now come to a resolution of entering us.

1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. 531 (note) Some disorderly persons broke and entered into a house.

1810 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 2) II. xxi. 841 Judgment was arrested in trespass for breaking and entering a free fishery.

1869 C. T. Buckland Rep. Police Burdwan Div. 1868 25 Six men entered complainant's house and carried off property.

1904 Chron. (N.Y.) 15 Sept. 153/1 Thieves entered the building and secured $2,000.

1965 F. Bonham Durango Street xxiii. 149 We'll put the arm on him for breaking and entering your house.

2017 Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. 5 [He] was killed with a sawn-off shotgun in the early hours of April 30 this year after two burglars entered his detached £1 million home.

16.

a. intransitive. To pass or break through into the substance of something; to penetrate or permeate into something; to plunge. Often with into, (formerly) †in. Also in figurative contexts (see also the iron entered into his (also her, etc.) soul at iron n.¹ Phrases 1).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > penetrate

wade993

smitec1275

reachc1300

piercea1325

sinkc1330

enterc1350

soundc1374

thirl1398

racea1420

takea1425

penetrate1530

penetre?1533

ransack1562

strike1569

thread1670

raze1677

perforate1769

spit1850

riddle1856

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 185 Rotennes entred in my bones.

a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Laud) (1884) cviii. 17 (MED) He did on him malisun as clothing; and hit entird as watir in his inerere.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxiii. f. xxviii/1 The grounde was soo softe and moryssh, that they entred vp to the raynes.

1599 S. Harward Three Serm. iii. sig. A8^v The longer he draweth his blow the deeper the Axe doth enter.

1621 R. Preston Doctr. Sacrament Lords Supper 333 Our transgressions, which were the sharp nails that entred into his precious body.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 326 The sword Of Michael..deep entring shar'd All his right side.

1712 Bibliotheca Anatomica II. 3/1 To make the Knife enter the more steady and firm, put the middle Finger underneath it.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Oar That part of the oar..which enters into the water, is called the blade.

1871 Maine Farmer 8 Apr. The knife entering into the left side of the boy.

1919 Jrnl.-Lancet 1 Dec. 645/2 It is very important that the scalpel enters properly between the pillar and the capsule.

2013 Indian Patent News (Nexis) 20 June The nail screw enters into the handle portion.

b. transitive. To pass or break through into the substance of; to pierce, penetrate, or permeate; to plunge into. Also in figurative contexts.In quot. 1679 the subject of the verb is a person using an auger to bore a hole.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > penetrate

thirlc1175

delve?c1225

piercec1325

entera1500

penetrate1530

search1594

job1603

breaka1616

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate

through-shooteOE

borec1000

thirlc1000

through-boreOE

piercec1330

wimblec1440

entera1500

perforate1538

foraminate1599

terebrate1623

drilla1657

forate1657

pertund1657

perviate1657

drill1674

transforate1727

tirl1825

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 1465 Myght it not entre and perse The centres of metalle as auctours reherce.

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 297 Moystnes shall enter their bones.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 179 This respite..enter'd me; Yea, with a spitting power.

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 160 Entring the Post first with an Augure.

1770 L. M. Stretch Beauties of Hist. II. 201 The mortal stroke with a javelin, which entered his temple.

1820 W. Roxburgh et al. Flora Indica I. 455 Short stiff bristles, which readily enter the skin.

1859 L. Lawford tr. A. Dumas Chateau Rouge liii. 352 His enemy's sword entered his breast.

1914 A. Deussen Geol. & Underground Waters Texas Coastal Plain 87 Water that enters the ground does not sink to abnormal depths.

1952 J. Runnström in Struct. Aspects Cell Physiol. 58 The granules increase in volume before entering the membrane.

2017 Chronicle (Toowoomba, Queensland) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 32 The blade entered his chest.

†c. intransitive (with within) and transitive. figurative. To gain access to, and so influence over, the mind, opinions, etc., of (a person); to ‘get into the head of’. Obsolete.

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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xx. xiv. 61 Vindex entred so far within him, as he obtained whatsoever he would at his hands.

a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 526 I almost despair of entering some of our Adversaries.

17.

a. intransitive. With on, upon. To move on to an area of ground, path, bridge, etc.; to begin to travel on or upon. Also: to make an entrance on a stage, etc. (also in figurative contexts); cf. sense 15c(b).

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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 59 Forþward faste on hure way þey wente & entrede on þe brigge.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. xxi^v They that were enbusshed..entred on the bridge & come in to the towne.

1588 A. Munday tr. C. Colet Famous Hist. Palladine Eng. xiv. f. 28 Entring on the plaine, they espied Palladine.

1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. iii. ii. 69 The Actors did enter vpon the stage.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (ci. 8 Annot.) 499/2 The season wherein David, as a Judge, entring on the Tribunal, etc.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 340 We began..to enter upon the vast nameless Desart.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 138 The lads and lasses entered upon the stage.

1826 J. Foster Let. 9 Oct. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 96 He is saved from entering on a scene of infinite corruptions.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §12. 88 My guide and myself entered upon this portion of the glacier.

1912 St. Nicholas Sept. 1014/2 The brave riders and fair rideresses enter upon the scene.

1953 Mod. Lang. Rev. 17 21 The four men enter upon the trail leading over the mountains.

2008 Sunday Times of India 28 Sept. (Bombay Times) 3/2 Simran entered on the stage in a convertible car.

b. transitive. To move on to (a path, bridge, etc.); to begin to travel along or across. Also figurative.

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c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 199 No buerne was so bold þe brigge for to entre.

1588 R. Some Godly Treat. 4 Make them slowe to enter the path of saluation.

1607 J. Nicholl Houre Glasse Indian Newes sig. D They entred the path with vs againe.

1661 Eliana i. 6 Entring a walk beset with green fair-spread trees.

1717 Weekly-Jrnl. 14 Sept. 234/1 The Marquess de Lede..had entered the Road of Cagliari.

1786 Worcester Mag. No. 13. 159 Passengers are desired when they enter the bridge with horses or carriages to keep on the left hand side.

1860 Harper's Mag. Dec. 92/2 Entering the wood-path, he followed it until he reached a small root-house.

1917 A. K. Reischauer Stud. Japanese Buddhism iii. 104 He was not really entering the way of true enlightenment.

1959 South Western Reporter 2nd Ser. 316 227/2 The Poindexter car did not enter the left lane.

2010 C. Brooks & C. Brooks Easy Hikes Close to Home iv. 25 Proceed..to the brown post with a white blaze, and enter the trail behind it.

18. Law.

a. To make a formal visit to, or take up occupation of, a piece of land, property, etc., as a legal assertion of ownership; (hence more generally) to assume legal possession of or title to lands, property, etc.

(a) intransitive. With †in, into, or without preposition. Cf. to come into —— 1b at come v. Phrasal verbs 2.

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society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > enter upon possession [verb (intransitive)]

enter1392

to come into one's own1861

1392 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 47 The saydis..sal frely entre in thair sayde landis..and joyes thaim.

1425 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 11 So þere sche..in þat place and land with all þe purtenawnce laufully entred.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 628 Roboam, Sone and next heir to Salamoun, Entryng be title off iust successioun.

a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 14 Fra þat he was deid þan come his son, And enterit in þe welth þat he had won.

?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student viii. f. xx^v Though his successoure haue ryght to the lande, yet he maye not entre.

1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 186 If after the death of the father, a stranger..entreth into his land by force.

1714 G. Jacob Accomplish'd Conveyancer I. 48 He doth forfeit the Land, and the Heir may enter.

1762 Royal Mag. Feb. 67/1 When of age, he entered into a landed estate of 600l. a year.

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Entry This entry into lands is where a man enters into or takes possession of any lands, etc., in his proper person.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 375 Upon the death of the testator his sister entered and married.

1824 O. Pickering Rep. Supreme Court Mass. 1 221 Accepting the estate free of dower, and entering into and enjoying it for several years.

1956 Arkansas Hist. Q. 15 291 Rector could also enter into and take possession of the improvements of any tenant who should default in payment.

2000 C. Brennan Praetorship in Rom. Republic I. v.132 The device of missio in possessionem, an authorization for one party in a suit to enter into the property of another.

(b) intransitive. With on, upon.

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1430 in S. A. Moore Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Johannis Baptiste de Colecestria (1897) II. 410 (MED) Thomas Knevet..entered up on Robert the abbot of Saint Johnes hows of Colchestre in to certeyn londes [etc.].

1470 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 47 I will that myn feffeis and myn executo^rs entre vppon hym and put hym owth.

1583 A. Marten tr. P. M. Vermigli Common Places iii. iv. 139/1 The heire may straitwaie enter vpon the inheritance.

1618 W. Attersoll Comm. Fourth Bk. Moses xxxvi. 1259/2 Teach euery man to..not enter vpon the possessions of other.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 48 It shall not be lawfull for any woman to enter upon the goods of the dead.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 263. ⁋6 I shall immediately enter upon your Estate for the Arrear due to me.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iii. viii. 543 The right of an heir or executor to enter upon the estate which belonged to a person deceased.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 355 The proprietor..shall not..distrain, or enter upon the lands purchased, for the purpose of compelling payment of the rent.

1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 599 Ausfrid, the Priest, entered forcibly upon this land of Ralph's.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 5/2 A stranger enters upon the lands before the entry of the heir or devisee and keeps the latter out of possession.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1198/2 The father died and the bastard entered on his land.

2009 B. Levick in M. Griffin Compan. Julius Caesar xv. 210 Octavius took the name C. Julius Caesar on entering upon his inheritance.

†b. transitive. Scottish. With in or to. To put (a person) legally in possession or occupation of lands, property, etc. Obsolete.

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1419 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 45 The said Schir Jon answert at he wes lauchfullie entryt in that land.

1522 in W. C. Dickinson Sheriff Court Bk. Fife (1928) 257 The schiref decernit ane precept wyth ane officiar to pas, entir, & bekene the said lady to hir terce landis.

1694 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 250 George Baillie.., who holds few of the said burgh..hes commensed a process against the said burgh for entering him in the forsaids burgage landis.

1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. ii. ix. 117 The obtainer of the decree may..enter him to the possession.

19.

a. intransitive. Of a window: to open upon (formerly also with in to). Of a door, room, road, etc.: to give access to, lead into, on to.

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c1404 Confession Abbot Beeleigh in Misc. Exchequer (P.R.O.: E 163/6/28) m. 15 A wyndowe entring in to þ^e chapell.

a1661 R. Bargrave Trav. Diary (1999) 208 Hence we passd into another long Gallery, furnishd with abundance of Pictures in rich uniform Frames; & this enters into the Queens Biliard Roome.

1794 Case Petitioners for Roads in Eastern District Stirlingshire 23 A toll-bar was placed just within the road entering to the county town of Stirling from the Kerses and ferries.

1845 J. P. Hiester Notes of Trav. 115 My chamber window enters upon a platform guarded by a railing.

1915 Pacific Reporter 143 1186/1 He asked for and obtained permission from appellant to change the position of the gate entering into the field from the Virginia Road.

2002 E. Walters Road Trip 53 My father held open the door... The door entered onto the main lobby.

b. transitive. Of a door, road, etc.: to give access to (a place); to lead into.

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1682 H. Keepe Monumenta Westmonasteriensia 34 By whom lies Walter Wenlock.., having a decent Marble-stone plated, and laid over him by the South Door entering the Chappel of St. Edward.

1764 Eng. Illustr. I. 26 At a village called Streatly..the Roman way, called Ickenild Street,..enters this county.

1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 285/1 From Fort Henry..a road entered the village, stopping first to unite itself with another wagon-way, now famous as the Wynne's Ferry road.

1904 ‘Cape Times’ Law Rep. 13 157/2 The defendant said that the door entering his room was left wide open.

1979 Antiquaries Jrnl. 59 265 A modern bridle-path enters the hillfort through the north-west entrance and then turns due south.

2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) viii. 273 The..police could do nothing more than put up pieces of yellow plastic warning tape across roads entering rich neighborhoods.

†20. Scottish.

a. intransitive. To present oneself at a court of justice. Obsolete.

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1411 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 31 We bad the parteis ramwif and fynd borrowis til entire and heir the determinacioun of the court.

1499 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 106 The said John was amerciat for his nonentra and to entir to the nixt court.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 328 Gif he fand nocht cautioun to enter..that he sould be put to the horne and banist.

b. transitive. To produce or present (a person) to a court of justice; (also) to place in custody. Obsolete.

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1432 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. 15 Dec. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) He enterit nocht Thom Mason as he that was pleg to enter him to the chalans of Patrik Walas.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3265 Til his cowrt he ȝheid rycht swytht, And of þe laf þat enteryt war Iustice he did ewynlyk þar.

1505 in D. Littlejohn Rec. Sheriff Court Aberdeenshire (1904) I. 50 Robert Dogud..enterit Andro Elisone before the said Shiref deput thar till ansuer to the borgh.

1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. B Hauing enterit in Waird Schir George Dowglas,..he send for the said Erle of Angous.

21. transitive. Of a man: to insert the penis into the vagina of (a woman) or (occasionally) the anus of (a man or woman). Also occasionally of a male animal: to mate with, penetrate (a female). In earliest use intransitive with to or into and more general reference: †to have sexual intercourse (with a woman) (obsolete). Cf. penetrate v. 5d.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > copulate

to go to (the) bull (also cow, horse, etc.)a1393

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to saw a chunk off1961

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > copulate with

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a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxxviii. 8 Entre thou to [L. Ingredere ad] the wijf of thi brothir..that thou reise seed to thi brothir.

1564 tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Fruitfull & Learned Comm. f. 227 He entred into her. This Hebrew forme of speaking signifieth carnall fellowship, namely that he had to do with her.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 21 A female asse which hath beene entred by a male asse.

1607 C. Tourneur Reuengers Trag. ii. i. sig. C4 That woman is all male, whome none can Enter.

1740 Dialogue between Married Lady & Maid iii. 30 His Thing stiff and red, he was just going to try to enter me, when we heard the Key turn in the Door.

1772 W. Cullen Lect. Materia Medica 153 The male [bird], too, enters the female.

c1890 My Secret Life I. ix. 250 I had no sooner entered her than her breath shortened, she clasped me tight, quivered and wriggled, and we both spent.

1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture v. 200 I reached under to spread her legs, and started to enter her, slowly and with as much patience as I thought the situation warranted.

1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Feb. 51/1 He is very well-endowed and it is virtually impossible for him to enter me.

2003 A. Sheridan Time & Place 13 I entered him without difficulty, then lay down over him.

2011 M. Roffey With Kisses of his Mouth 348 A woman on her knees, a man entering her from behind.

22.

a. transitive. To put (something) into something else; to put in, insert, introduce. Frequently with into, at, in.

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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)]

to do ineOE

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to run in1756

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 623 Yis lettir sall I entyr heyr.

1569 T. Copley tr. St. Basil of Caesarea in R. Pole Treatie Iustification ii. f. 52^v The lions could not once enter their teeth into him.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. iii. i He much perplexed is..Where to make choice to enter his rugg'd saw.

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 125 Enter the edge of the Draw-knife into the work.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 419 In any Hole on the sides of the Root they enter the Point of the Hook.

1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 29 You must enter the hook at the tail of the worm.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 260 It is therefore politic to enter the wedge by this end.

1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i. i. 38 A special care is needed lest we enter something into the meaning from ourselves.

1920 Commerc. Vehicle 1 Sept. 83/2 While the axle is drawn forward, enter it into the hole.

1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps xiv. 149 The die is hardened and entered into a soft steel roller.

2017 Herald (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 July I entered the needle into his arm.

b. transitive. Backgammon. To place (a piece) back on the board after it has been taken up by one's opponent, by rolling a number corresponding to an available point in the opponent's home board. Also intransitive.

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a1672 F. Willughby Bk. of Games (2003) 124 If B have his tables bound up and A have a man or men to enter, the tables must bee Opened or Broken, for if B should keepe his tables bound up it were impossible for A to enter.

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xxvii. 158 You must enter if at all upon the low points which keeps you backwards.

1748 E. Hoyle Backgammon in Penny Cycl. III. 240/2 If you bear any number of men, before you entered a man taken up..such men, so borne, must be entered again in your adversary's tables.

1819 W. Green Backgammon Teacher 36 Odds for or against entering 2 Men, at one Throw.

1941 M. Hopper Backgammon 46 Black only has three open points to enter on.

1972 Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 12 July a5/1 Black failed to enter his man from the bar.

2004 Independent 8 May 59 It would take me 13(!) rolls to enter my man from the bar.

III. To put down in writing, and related senses.

23.

a. transitive. To put down in writing in a book, list, record, etc.; to write down; to record or describe in writing. Frequently with in, into, on.With quot. 1812 cf. to enter to a person's credit at credit n. Phrases 4b.

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the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > consult a table [verb (intransitive)]

enter1389

society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record

writeOE

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to put down1574

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to book in1860

to sign on1879

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sign1894

to sign out1916

to sign in1924

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 48 (MED) A Clerke to wryten and entryn..þe Names and þe nessessarijs of þe gild.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. l. 261 I was markid wiþoute mercy, & myn name entrid In þe legende of lif longe er I were.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 157 Þei [sc. all the mynstrell] ben..entred in his bokes as for his owne men.

a1500 (?1397) G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Digby 72) (1872) ii. Suppl. §44. 54 Consider thy rote furst..& entere hit in-to thy slate for the laste merydye of December.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20 To entre their copyes truely in the lordes courte rolles.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Thales in Panoplie Epist. 196 Such discourses, as you have already with painefull pen entered into paper.

1624 in Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 1900–1 20 560 Enter their names in ye Store bailiff's book.

1668 M. Hale in H. Rolle Abridgment des Cases Pref. 8 Let him enter the Abstract..into his Common-place Book.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. C viij The Publisher..has duly entred this Book in the Register of Stationers-hall, London.

1783 E. Burke in 9th Rep. Select Comm. Admin. Justice Bengal, Bahar & Orissa iii. 34 He did not..think it proper to enter his Answer on the Records.

1812 Examiner 28 Sept. 624/1 They..determined to enter goods to people who never had any dealings.

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. App. i. 398 Parish churches are entered in the ancient record of Domesday.

1894 H. Tucker New Arcadia xvii. 130 Two girl-clerks entered the goods against the applicants' names.

1915 G. R. Guild & F. C. Test Militia Field Man. iv. 59 The First Sergeant enters the names of sick men on the sick book.

1959 Manch. Guardian 25 May 9/2 The amount entered in the ledger tallies with the amount of money paid in.

1994 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 7 291 Should a dictionary enter a racially or ethnically offensive word?

2006 S. Slater & H. Basch RV Vac. for Dummies (ed. 3) v. xxv. 379 A diary for road pilgrims to enter their experiences on Route 66.

b. transitive. To register the details of (goods being imported or exported) or of (an incoming or outgoing vessel) with customs authorities.

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1436 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 4 After the cumming in of ony schip enteret in the tolbuith with quheit mele rye malt beir or any vitailes or viuouris.

1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. f. lxiii^v Thay haue enterit thair gudis in the Tolbuith.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile To Earle of Pembroke sig. A2^v Such as..like Merchants with their goods, enter them, before they ship them.

?1693 Jrnl. Passages relating to East-India Trade 9 They would have Entred their Ships at the Custom-House.

1720 London Jrnl. 4 Mar. 4/2 A Ship was Entered at the Custom House with Fruit.

1775 London Evening-post 14–16 Mar. Frequently merchants entered more goods than they exported, to save the trouble of fresh entries.

1839 Times 26 June 4/6 The number of vessels entered inwards was 561, with a tonnage of 124,000 tons... The number of vessels entered outwards was 541, with a tonnage of 116,000.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. xi. 331 The teas entered for consumption.

1932 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. 33/2 He returned to his ship at noon yesterday, after entering the vessel at the Custom House.

2006 Shipping Digest (Nexis) 30 Oct. Brokers do not have to formally enter the goods through Customs until they arrive at destination.

c. transitive. Law. To place (a verdict, judgement, etc.) in a court record. Also with up. Cf. docket v. 2.

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1651 C. G. Cock Eng.-law 43 Others enter up Judgement without Warrant.

1692 Act 4 William & Mary c. 20 §2 in Statutes of Realm (1819) VI. 412 No Judgment not doggetted and entred in the Bookes..shall affect any Landes or Tenementes as to Purchasers or Mortgagees.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §48 54 Corruptions by the Way, use not to be entered up upon Record.

1782 J. Impey New Instructor Clericalis 378 A warrant of attorney should be given to the attorney by the plaintiff..to enter up satisfaction on record.

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Judgment Which Judgment..is..binding; provided the same..be regularly docketed; that is, abstracted and entered in a book.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. 414 A judge's order authorizing the plaintiff to enter up judgment and issue execution.

1896 Law Rep.: Five Years' Digest 679 The deft failed to appear, and judgment was entered.

1931 Scotsman 3 July 7/3 The duty of the Court was to enter up the verdict in favour of the defender.

2014 Modaq Business Briefing (Nexis) 25 Dec. At first instance judgment was entered in the Seligs' favour.

d. transitive. U.S. To file a claim on (public land) by registering oneself at a land office as the intending occupier or owner. Now historical.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [verb (transitive)] > assert ownership of

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1733 G. Burrington in Cal. State Papers 1733: Colonial Ser.: Amer. & W. Indies (1939) 2 A gentleman liveing in Virginia, reputed rich, and owner of above 100 slaves, desired to enter 5000 acres of land.

1799 Columbian Centinel (Boston, Mass.) 1 July 3/1 Real Estates, entered at the Register of Deed's Office.

1835 in H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio (1847) 387 Much land was entered in the county, and many settlements made.

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xiv. 100 Out there, a settlement usually takes its name from the person that first ‘enters the land’, i.e. buys a tract at the land office.

1884 H. Butterworth Zigzag Journeys Western States 217 ‘What does it usually cost to make a farm on government land?’.. ‘It costs fourteen dollars to enter one hundred and sixty acres of land.’

1916 J. A. Brown Hist. Cottonwood & Watonwan Counties I. vi. 170 Robison, at the Marshall land office, entered the land known as lot No. 1.

2001 R. K. Newmyer J. Marshall & Heroic Age of Supreme Court i. 38 Some 41,000 acres were entered in Marshall's name alone.

e. transitive. to enter up: to complete a series of entries in (a book or record) so as to keep it up to date; to put (entries) into a book or record for this purpose.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > enter in an account

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to give credit1725

journalize1766

to enter up1835

statement1984

1835 1st Ann. Rep. Poor Law Commissioners 68 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 500) XXXV. 107 The churchwardens..shall..punctually enter up and accurately keep the..books of account.

1872 Lunacy: Copy 26th Rep. Commissioners 45 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 279) XXVII. 1 The medical visitation book had not been properly entered up.

1920 B. North Chem. Textile Students xiii. 102 The weights and results should always be entered up in a notebook.

1969 T. Gambling One-year Accounting Course II. ii. 32 You are required to enter up these commencing balances.

2008 H. Lunt Fund. Financial Accounting xi. 365 A ledger account is drawn up that is entered up with the known figures.

f. transitive. To input (text, figures, or other data) into a calculator, computer, database, etc.

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1926 Jrnl. Educ. Res. 13 75 The reciprocal of N..is entered into the keyboard of the calculating machine.

1951 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 5 233 The operator of the computer will be able to choose (before entering his problem) between two distinct modes of operation.

1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 173/3 As text is entered, inserted and deleted, WordStar 2000 automatically reformats text to the current margins.

2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 July (Sports section) 6/1 You will have to enter the user name and password that corresponds to your account.

24.

a. transitive. To submit officially or formally, esp. in writing; to have (a protest, objection, statement, etc.) officially recorded; (hence more generally) to offer, put forward, lodge.Sometimes spec., esp. in to enter a protest: (of the minority opposing a motion in a deliberative body, esp. the House of Lords) to record (a written statement of dissent) on the official journals or minutes. See protest n. 4b.

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society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [verb (transitive)] > lodge document in court

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1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §13. m. 5 Besechying mekely unto your hie and noble grace, þat þis my supplication..may be in þis your parlement entred, and of record enacte.

?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 60 (MED) And affterwarde kome the Erle off Salysbury and prayed that he myht have his protestacion entred ayens the Lorde Morle.

1641 in J. E. T. Rogers Protests of Lords (1875) I. 6 We do protest our disassents to this vote, and do thus enter it as aforesaid.

1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Whatever protestation you might enter to the contrary.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 139 I enter'd no caution about it to the Reader.

1728 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 86 A motion..made for entring a protest against the above order.

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 ii. 202/1 A protest was entered against a signed list, pretending to be sent by Lord Forbes.

1826 Philadelphia Recorder 17 June 47/1 They are..required..to enter a statement of their proceedings at every meeting.

1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif ix. 290 He entered his decided protest against the system of the Schoolmen.

1922 Pop. Radio Aug. 273/1 Suppose the Smith Manufacturing Co. enters an application for a radio license.

1960 Listener 23 June 1114/1 I must enter a protest against commentators.

1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 23 Apr. 3 a/5 Dickerson, Inc., of Monroe N.C.,..entered a low bid of $335,360.

2008 L. Lovelock & J. Evans New South Wales Legislative Council Pract. xii. 384 The right to enter a protest is limited to those who were present.

b. transitive. Law. To present (a legal action, court order, plea, etc.) to a court in the correct form, usually in writing.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > lay before court

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c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. li/1 Entryd serteyn accions of dette ayenst your sayde oratour.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 129 Chrysostome may enter action against him of slaunder and defamation.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 1 Master Phang, haue you entred the action?

1667 J. Hawkins Clerk's Tutor 169 Carry your Writ to the Office..who will return your Writ, and enter it.

1709 W. Nelson Rights Clergy Great Brit. 134 Caveat entered in the Court of Chancery that a Patent should not pass.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 47 Four clerk-sitters, who enter actions, take bails, receive verdicts after trials, etc.

1820 Morning Chron. 29 Nov. I should not be at liberty to enter a warrant of attorney.

1884 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 9 23 The defendant..entered a caveat.

1931 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. ii. 1/1 Toombs appeared and entered a plea of ‘no contest’.

1974 N.Y. Times 14 May l20/3 I would like to enter a writ of prohibition.

2016 Pakistan Law Reporter (Nexis) 19 Nov. Mr. K. F. Manavalan entered caveat for the respondents.

25.

a. transitive. To register as a competitor or entrant in a race, contest, etc.; to put into a competition.Originally simply a specific application of sense 23a, with reference to putting down a name on an official list of competitors, initially in the context of horse racing.

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1684 London Gaz. No. 1938/4 The first Horses to be shown and entred there a week before for this year.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3832/4 The Horses to be enter'd..14 days before.

1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 19 Sept. The Pink cutter, of Burnham, was entered, but did not start.

1820 Sporting Mag. Jan. 198/1 More horses are entered for the stakes this year than were ever entered before.

1855 2nd Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 209 The carrots entered by Mr. Dodge were on half an acre of land on which corn grew the year before.

1938 Boys' Life July 8/1 Coach Berry..had entered him in the competition.

1973 Suburbanite Economist (Chicago) 2 May e6/7 They can even give themselves a Mother's day gift by entering themselves in the contest.

2004 J. Lindley Handicapping iv. 84 The horse is entered in the race by the trainer.

b. intransitive. To register oneself as a competitor or entrant in a race, contest, etc.; to put oneself, or something one owns, into a competition.

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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete or rival [verb (intransitive)] > enter a contest

to strike in1632

enter1702

to go in1822

1702 London Gaz. No. 3839/4 The Contributors to enter their Horses..with the Steward,..paying one Guinea entrance, all others that enter to pay 5 Guineas.

1840 Mag. Hort. June 237 Any persons may enter for the prizes of any of the classes.

1855 2nd Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 170 Having entered as a competitor for the greatest crop of Indian corn on one acre, [etc.].

1934 Pittsburgh Courier 12 May 9/6 Choirs of all kinds are entering in the competition.

1970 Daily Tel. 15 May (Colour Suppl.) 10/3 There was a competition..called ‘Be a Millionaire’... Friends told me to have a go. I entered and won.

1986 Irish Times 10 Nov. 13/5 Any student who has never debated formally is free to enter for the contest.

2012 A. Caetta & K. Lomheim Geenie & the Weenie Race (e-book, accessed 13 July 2017) Sam noticed all sorts of Dachshunds that entered in the race.

c. transitive. To register as a competitor or entrant in (a race, contest, etc.); to submit an entry for (a competition).

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1755 Connoisseur No. 63. 376 Gentlemen, like the ancient charioteers, begin to enter the race themselves, and ride their own horses.

1878 Spirit of Times 19 Jan. 661/2 No record be given a colt to bar him entering any races, until he was four years of age.

1886 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 29 June Commodore Canfield has decided to let the Priscilla enter the race without an extra coat of pot lead.

1908 Observer 23 Aug. 8/5 To encourage aeroplanists..to enter a flying machine contest.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 194 I was entering a national under-21 short-story competition.

2008 Independent 18 Aug. 5/1 His father..was only a weekend yachtie when he entered the first Whitbread Round-the-World Race.

Phrases

P1. to enter into (another's) labours and variants: to take or enjoy the benefits of what has been done by (another). [After post-classical Latin intrare in laborem (Vulgate) and its model Hellenistic Greek εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς τὸν κόπον (New Testament); compare quot. c1384.]

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John iv. 38 Othere men traueliden, and ȝe entriden in to her trauelis [L. in laborem eorum introistis; Gk. εἰς τὸν κόπον αὐτῶν εἰσεληλύθατε].

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diii They laboured..the wynyarde..& we haue entred into their labours, takyng the frute of the same.

1581 T. Sampson Briefe Coll. Church 31 The successors of the Apostles..do build vpon the foundation of the Apostles, and doe enter into their labours.

1618 W. Attersoll Comm. Fourth Bk. Moses vii. 453/2 These they attained vnto, partly by their own labour, and partly by entring into the labours of others.

1754 Liberty 84 They, in Effect, enter into the Labours of the Righteous and Industrious.

1825 G. Kennedy Philip Colville 271 They laboured and suffered—and we have entered into their labours and joys.

1915 Outlook 2 June 274/2 The genuine fighters labor, and care not if the more cautious ‘safety-firsters’ enter into their labors.

1972 Times 9 Aug. 14/6 You have laboured, but others can enter into your labours.

P2. to enter (into, †in, †to) religion: to become a monk or nun; to devote oneself to a religious life. Cf. sense 1. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French entrer en religion (13th cent.; French entrer en réligion), Anglo-Norman entrer religion (14th cent. or earlier).]

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?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 284 (MED) He þat wil entre to religioun schulde not biholde to hem þat ben yuel.

?c1430 (c1400) Rule St. Francis (Corpus Cambr.) in F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif (1880) 40 Þe mynystris prouyncials, to whom only..be grauntid leue to resceyue freris..Ȝif..here wyues ben entrid in-to religion.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. l. 1469 (MED) Iulian..Entred religioun..Vnder a colour of fals ipocrisie.

1525 R. Whitford tr. Hugh of St. Victor Expos. i. in tr. St. Augustine Rule f. ix Suche persones as in the worlde whan they entred religyon had ony substaunce of worldly goodes.

1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. xxx Byfore he entre in religion he muste forsake all.

a1631 J. Donne Iuuenilia (1633) sig. E1 The Allegoricall death of entring into Religion.

1712 Daily Exercise & Devotions for Young Ladies 238 Those religious persons..did for the most part enter religion with out losing their innocence.

1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 388 Our great man was entered in Religion, as they called it.

1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 32 364 We must enter into religion and be made nuns by will or by force!

1888 ‘Bernard’ From World to Cloister 9 If he enter religion.

1908 T. Slater Man. Moral Theol. for Eng.-speaking Countries I. vi. 354 Clerics, even those who have been educated in a diocesan seminary for the secular priesthood, and even parish priests, may enter into religion.

2012 I. P. Wei Intellect. Culture Medieval Paris i. 16 Goswin subsequently entered religion, becoming a leading monastic reformer.

†P3. to enter (into) arms: to take up arms; to (prepare to) make war or do battle with or against. Also figurative. Cf. arms n. 3b. Obsolete.

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?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. G.iij He hath reered warre, he is entered into armes, he prouoketh you alreadie to battell.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxx. f. 353^v Argon the Tartarian, entring armes against his vncle Tangodor Caui.

1594 Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. F Nay, my bellowes, my coletrough, and my water shall enter armes with you for our trade.

1698 R. C. Prodigals Pilgrimage 12 Many Kings and Princes for her sake Should enter into Arms, and undertake A Mortal War.

†P4. to enter foot: to go into a place, area, etc.; to set foot. Obsolete.

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1579 G. Gates Def. Militarie Profession 17 By armes also, hath the Lorde God of hostes entred foot in Belgia.

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 141 When first thou enter'st foot to plow thy land.

P5. to enter into (also †in) a person's head (also mind), (later more typically) to enter a person's head (also mind): (of a thought, idea, etc.) to occur to a person, to cross a person's mind. Chiefly in negative contexts. Cf. senses 15a(b), 15d(b).

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1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. vi. 163 Gherardo..protested, that neuer any disloiall thought had entred his minde.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iii. 71 It never entered into his mind..to impose the Spanish Inquisition upon the Low-countreys.

1684 J. Stewart Let. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 220 Nor nefer lowt the thoughts of it entr in may mind.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 284. ⁋1 When this Humour enters into the Head of a Female.

1766 G. Keith Let. 29 Apr. in D. Hume Lett. (1932) II. 365 The Donquixotisme you mention never entered my head.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 201 It never enters his head to lie under the walnut-tree here.

1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xv. 121 The idea that Lady Mason was guilty had never entered her head.

1956 A. Valentine Trial Balance ii. xii. 245 It did not enter his mind that friendships so casual and easily renewable could be had only with people like himself.

1997 Pop. Sci. Oct. 37 (advt.) It's only normal that thoughts of such eyeball-flattening performance would enter into the mind of the street rider.

2001 Guardian 2 Jan. 9 Cynics may suggest that he can only draw naked people ‘at it’. The thought never entered my head.

P6. to enter (into) the fray: to join a conflict or fight; (more generally) to start participating in an activity or situation, esp. one characterized by competition, disagreement, etc. Also with contextualizing word preceding fray.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)]

beginc1000

onginOE

aginOE

ginc1175

to go tillc1175

to take onc1175

comsea1225

fanga1225

to go toc1275

i-ginc1275

commencec1320

to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400

to lay to one's hand(sc1405

to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410

to set toc1425

standa1450

to make to1563

to fall to it1570

to start out1574

to fall to1577

to run upon ——1581

to break off1591

start1607

to set in1608

to set to one's hands1611

to put toa1616

to fall ona1625

in1633

to fall aboard1642

auspicatea1670

to set out1693

to enter (into) the fray1698

open1708

to start in1737

inchoate1767

to set off1774

go1780

start1785

to on with1843

to kick off1857

to start in on1859

to steam up1860

to push off1909

to cut loose1923

to get (also put) the show on the road1941

to get one's arse in gear1948

1698 W. Whitfeld Disc. Enthusiasm 19 Wild Beasts are not so savage, as Christians differing about Religion. And we enter the Fray not without the loss of that for which we engage so fiercely.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iii. 327 My Landlord himself entered into the Fray, and embraced that Side of the Cause which seemed to stand very little in need of Assistance.

1839 Penny Mag. 6 Apr. 131/2 Their arms also they hold up above their heads on entering the fray, as they would be very apt to be broken from the extreme pressure of such a mass.

1914 Sunset Oct. 672/2 His insistence on entering the fray before any need has arisen on the part of his ally.

1990 CU Amiga Apr. 8/2 US Gold are entering into the fray—as they join Grandslam, Activision and Virgin Mastertronic in the race to produce the top-selling licence for this year's World Cup.

1992 European Trav. & Life May 17/1 Rumors spread that opera's numero uno might actually enter the political fray.

2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Apr. d1/1 This week, a new Web news site is entering the fray.

P7. to enter commons: see commons n. Phrases 3. to enter the lists: see list n.³ 9b.

Compounds

enter key n. Computing On a keyboard: a key which is used to execute a command, confirm the entry of keyed text, or (esp. in a word processor) simulate a carriage return; cf. return key n. at return n. Compounds 5.A typical keyboard has both an enter key and a separate return key, but in most systems the two function identically.

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1955 Appl. Electronics: Proc. (Railway Syst. & Procedures Assoc.) 157 To lock out the checking feature, the lockout key must be depressed simultaneously with the enter key.

1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 183/2 It makes the assumption that end-users are inexperienced and begins by exercising the Cursor, Enter and PageUp keys.

2013 Custom PC Mar. 52/2 The half-height Enter key is the only transgression when it comes to key layout.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	enter
释义	entern.¹ Brit. /ˈɛntə/, U.S. /ˈɛn(t)ər/ Forms: see enter v. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: enter v. Etymology: < enter v. Compare earlier entering n., entrance n., entry n.In early use the form entre could in some instances show this word; all such examples have been placed at entry n. N.E.D. (1891) also cited the following as the only evidence for a second sense of this entry (without definition, suggesting it was ‘confused with French enter to graft’), but it is more likely to show French enter (see enté adj.) in an English context:1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. v. xi. 105 Graffing and Enter, or Ingraffing [Fr. greffer, & enter], are Sinonimous Terms, only us'd in Gard'ning. Now rare. The action or fact of entering; an instance of this; spec. †(a) the legal right to enter a place (in quot. 1554) (obsolete); (b) an actor's entrance on to the stage. Also: a means of entry, an entrance to a place.Frequently paired with exit; cf. exit n. 3, 4. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] ingangc900 infarea1175 entrya1325 enteringc1330 ingoing1340 incominga1382 coming ina1398 ingressionc1470 introit1481 ingate1496 entrance1528 ingredience1538 ingress1543 impassing1545 enterc1547 entral1642 entrada1648 entrata1656 introgression1656 entrée1692 adit1836 immergence1859 c1547 S. Gardiner Let. 28 Feb. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 732/1 My brother of S. Dauids, maie like a champion with his sword in his hand make enter for the rest. 1554 Lydgate's Falles Most Notable Princes (new ed.) viii. xiii. f. clxxxv/1 The fiend a whyle was to hym fauourable Gaue hym enter [?a1439 Bodl. 263 entre] and possession. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 128 His enter and exit shalbe strangling a Snake. View more context for this quotation 1644 S. Rutherford Serm. House of Commons 8 Hinder the enters of sinne in the world. a1672 W. Whittaker Eighteen Serm. (1674) viii. 260 Every man as he hath his Enter so he must have his Exit. 1728 J. Ralph Touch-stone v. 145 Occasion so many Confusions, by obstructing proper Enters and Exits. 1843 Colburn's United Service Mag. Aug. 585 A serio-comic act, in which are enters and exits. 1890 A. Hennequin Art of Playwriting xv. 91 There must be enters and exits to give life and variety to the scene. 2016 E. Catullo et al. in A. Caiani et al. Econ. with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents i. 22 The enter and exit of firms and banks impact on aggregate output dynamics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). entern.² Brit. /ˈɛntə/, U.S. /ˈɛn(t)ər/ Forms: 1900s– enter, 1900s– Enter, 1900s– ENTER. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: enter key n. at enter v. Compounds; enter v. Etymology: Partly shortened < enter key n. at enter v. Compounds, and partly directly < enter v. (with reference to the word Enter normally written on the key). Computing. On a keyboard: a key used to execute a command, confirm the entry of keyed text, or (esp. in a word processor) simulate a carriage return; = enter key n. at enter v. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > individual keys space bar1887 function key1930 delete key1963 esc1963 Alt mode1964 carriage return1965 return1965 return key1965 enter1966 Alt key1968 home key1968 arrow key1969 tab1969 control1976 delete1977 control key1978 cursor key1979 Alt1981 delete button1981 escape key1982 hot key1983 1966 Proc. 21st National Conf. ACM 524/2 Press ENTER. 1972 Analyt. Biochem. 49 591 Key the value of x_b... press ‘enter’ twice. 1990 OnSat 16 Dec. 124/2 If you want to watch Showtime, simply scroll through the Favorite Channel menu to the Showtime listing and press enter. 2010 P. Weverka Office 2010 All-in-one for Dummies v. 421 Press Enter to start a new paragraph and press the Tab key to indent text. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). enterv. Brit. /ˈɛntə/, U.S. /ˈɛn(t)ər/ Forms: α. Middle English entere, Middle English entire, Middle English entree, Middle English entri, Middle English entry, Middle English entur, Middle English ontre (probably transmission error), Middle English–1500s entir, Middle English–1800s entre, Middle English– enter, 1500s entter, 1500s–1600s entyr; also Scottish pre-1700 entir, pre-1700 entire, pre-1700 entr, pre-1700 entyr, pre-1700 entyre. β. Middle English intre; also Scottish pre-1700 inter, pre-1700 intere, pre-1700 intre. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entrer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman entreer, entrir, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French entrer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French enterer (French entrer ) < classical Latin intrāre to go into, to penetrate, to take possession of, to become a member of, to look into, to begin < intrā intra prep.Compare Old Occitan, Occitan entrar , intrar (Occitan entrar ), Catalan entrar , Spanish entrar , Portuguese entrar , Italian entrare (all 12th cent.). Chief senses of the French verb. The chief corresponding senses of the French verb are: to come or go into (a place, area, building, etc.) (10th cent.), to become a member of (an organization, institution, etc.) (10th cent.; earliest with reference to a religious community), to begin, to start doing something (c1100, earliest in entrer en ), (of a period of time or state of things) to begin, commence (early 12th cent.), to penetrate into something (early 12th cent.), to go or pass into a person, the heart, or a notional place (12th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from the early 16th cent.), to engage in the consideration of a particular subject (late 12th cent. in entrer en ), to take on a specified role or responsibility (early 13th cent.), to begin an attack upon an adversary (14th cent.), to take possession of (an estate, inheritance, etc.) (14th cent. or earlier), to admit (a person) as a member (14th cent. or earlier), to bring or put (a person or animal) into a place, to become a party to a contract or treaty (both late 14th cent. or earlier), in Anglo-Norman also to put (something) down in writing in a record (13th cent. or earlier; late 14th cent. or earlier specifically ‘to register the details of (goods or a vessel) with customs authorities’), to initiate (legal action) (late 13th cent. or earlier), to begin training (an animal, e.g. a hawk) (late 13th cent. or earlier). Specific senses. Transitive senses typically develop from corresponding intransitive senses with into or other prepositions and an indirect object; compare e.g. senses 1b, 3b. In sense 21 in biblical contexts and allusions to them ultimately after Hebrew bō' 'el (see go v.); compare discussion at go v. 31c; compare Middle French, French entrer à une femme , in the same sense (16th cent.; now rare). Specific forms. In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). In β. forms with remodelling after the ulterior etymon classical Latin intrāre. I. Abstract and non-physical senses. 1. a. intransitive. With into, †in. To take on a specified role, commitment, relationship, etc.; to assume the duties and responsibilities of a particular office or position.See also to enter into religion at Phrases 2. ΚΠ c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 222 We..bieþ i entred in to cristes seruise. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 312 Auyseth yow..How þ^t ye entren in to mariage. a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 349 (MED) Who is beterid by entryng into þes ordris. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 149 ^v He would suffre the princes of the Macedons to enter in mariage..with the noble mens doughters of their countrey. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxi. 136 Such kind of baptisme barred men afterwards from entring into holie orders. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. v. 92 That they all entered into Pay. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋3 I have a mind to put off entering into Matrimony till another Winter is over my Head. 1824 R. Clark View of Office of Sheriff in Scotl. 94 The mother has entered into a second marriage. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iii. 140 Trade..does not care for the religious tenets of those who offer to enter into relations with it. 1976 Art Bull. 36 43/1 Niccoli seems to have entered into a friendship with Cosimo. 1992 New Builder 13 Feb. 24/2 Every person who enters into a learned profession undertakes to bring to the exercise of it a reasonable degree of care and skill. b. transitive. To take on (a role, profession, commitment, relationship, etc.); to assume the duties and responsibilities of (an office or position).See also to enter religion at Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > a duty, office, or role enterc1425 to take on (also upon) one(self)1432 fall1589 assume1591 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 5784 (MED) He entre may þe religioun Of myȝti Bachus, for abilite. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 282 Over hastie bee they to enter wedlocke. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 342 If you doe enter acquaintance and familiaritie with him. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxviii. 55/1 Publius Ostorius Scapula entred his Lieutenantship in Britaine. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 23 Make Oath not to enter marriage again without the Kings consent. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. i. x. 257 As he was now fifteen years old he was of the best age to enter the profession. 1835 Blackburn Standard 27 July 7/2 Of the married men one had only entered wedlock on the preceding day. 1874 J. M. Hart German Univ. ii. viii. 366 Those entering State Service. 1922 Survey 15 Aug. 616/1 Each party has a ‘marriage-right’ in the property owned by the other at the time of entering marriage. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 15 Mar. 5/3 To encourage scientists to enter teaching, he proposed a programme whereby they would become school technicians and then progress into the profession. †c. transitive. To take possession of (a throne or crown); to accede to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > take upon oneself > an office or symbol of enter1563 assume1591 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1353/2 Til the time that blessed kyng Edward entred hys crowne. 1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 334 Euerie one being entred the throne, labored with new slights either to doe or vndoe. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. xxii. 175 Henry the Fourth, entered the Throne by his Sword. 1687 R. L'Estrange Reply Reasons against Addressing 19 On her entring the Throne, she sent out a Proclamation. 2. To begin, make a beginning; to start doing or being something; to engage in an activity or course of action. a. intransitive. With into, indicating the activity, course of action, or period of time that is begun or engaged in. Formerly also with in or (occasionally) to.In quot. 1742 transitive (reflexive) in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin an action [verb (reflexive)] enter1742 c1300 St. Lucy (Harl.) l. 66 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 568 Woldestou entri þerinne in part, þu were riche ynouȝ. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 4109 (MED) But whan Castor entreþ in batail With his knyȝtes. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 8 To the entent that thei might praie and entre in orisones. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. M.iij A lorde of noble bloude, and somewhat entred in age. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 60 Euermore ymaginand & entrond in thoghtes. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. i. f. 5 Afoir we entir to the special declaratioun of ye X. commandis. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxliii. 2 Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant. View more context for this quotation 1667 Earl of Cardigan in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 9 Farre be it from me..to enter into dispute with your Lordship. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 21 Though the War was entred In, all hope of obtaining money to carry it On was even desperate. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. ix. 53 He..entered himself into an Ejaculation on the numberless Calamities which attended Beauty. View more context for this quotation 1782 Polit. Mag. & Parl., Naval, Mil. & Lit. Jrnl. July 419/1 He would not enter into a formal discussion of the right of judication. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. i. vi. 110 The commissioners entered into an active correspondence with Galileo. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 113 The returning officer has not..any power of entering into a scrutiny of votes. 1920 Times 22 Mar. 10/2 We entered into this war against Turkey as a crusade. 1963 J. J. Buckingham tr. H. Daniel-Rops Church in 17th Cent. vi. 364 Ultrasecret negotiations were entered into. 2011 N. Khoo Collateral Damage iii. 52 Hanoi had entered into peace talks with the U.S. b. intransitive. Without construction. In early use often of a period of time or state of things: to begin, commence. In later use Scottish and Irish English (northern): to begin work, esp. as a hired agricultural labourer. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Enter) records the sense ‘to begin work’ as still in use in various parts of eastern Scotland and in Ulster in 1950. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 comsea1225 gin?c1225 becomsea1375 commencec1380 to take beginninga1400 enterc1425 to start up1568 initiatea1618 inchoate1654 dawn1716 to take in1845 to take up1846 to set in1848 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 3543 (MED) Whan entred was þe niȝt. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 101 (MED) The weke þat entreþ nowe is callid of alle men passion weke. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. f. 13 Began and entred with the matter that he came for. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Diii To beginne with the Pedestal of Corinthia, ye shal enter thus. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 150/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II There entred a verie feruent affection and good will betweene them. 1603 H. Clapham Three Partes Salomon Song of Songs Expounded iii. xxxiii. 277 The beginning of the Springs Equinoctiall, entring in March. 1669 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 41 Imploring His blessing for the year entering. 1688 Pennsylvania Arch. i. 107 The winter..is now entred with some severity. 1703 tr. A. de Ovalle Hist. Relation Chile i. ii. 4/1 Then the winter enters, and makes all the Trees bare. 1813 in Buchan Observer (1951) 13 Mar. Yesterday Robert Massie entered for summer half year 8 days after term. 1890 J. Service Thir Notandums 86 Noo, Tam, thou's enter at the term, Be sure and come at ony fee. c. intransitive. With on, upon, indicating the activity or course of action begun or engaged in. Also: to embark on or upon a specified period of time.Probably at least partly arising as a figurative use of sense 17a. ΚΠ a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxiii. l. 578 Tyl that the day was Nygh Agon, And the Nyht faste Entrede vppon. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull iii. f. cxxiii^v When I haue entred on the declaration of the one part, I shuld nedes procede and declare the whole sentence. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. i. 4 Which of them should first enter vpon the gouernement and rule [L. uter auspicaretur et regeret]. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. Ded. sig. a2^v I after was entred on a Resolution to dedicate it to his Memory. 1696 T. Comber Disc. Offices 6 By his..offering and entring on a Treaty. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Pref. sig. A4 For before I enter'd on my Voyage I took care, [etc.]. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 271 I was now entered on the seven and twentieth Year of my Captivity. 1775–6 W. Petty Let. in R. Price Corr. (1994) III. 348 It would be an ungratefull task for an Individual to enter upon. 1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold II. x. 288 He entered on his Professorial duties. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 206 To enter upon a contest with evil. 1926 Times 10 Dec. 7/1 Huddersfield Town entered on their reign as champions. 1973 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 16 This is not a diet to enter upon without medical prescription. 2017 Philippines News Agency (Nexis) 15 June The fighting..entered on its fourth week. d. transitive with the activity or course of action begun as direct object, or expressed by an infinitive as object.Now much less common than sense 2f, and not always clearly distinguishable from that sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] beginc1000 take?a1160 comsea1225 gina1325 commencec1330 tamec1386 to take upa1400 enterc1510 to stand to1567 incept1569 start1570 to set into ——1591 initiate1604 imprime1637 to get to ——1655 flesh1695 to start on ——1885 c1510 H. Watson tr. Gospelles of Dystaues sig. C.vii^v We be entred to speke of hennes. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iv. f. 17 To begynne and enter his prechyng. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night G b Which before I enter to describe, thus much I will informe ye. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B1^v We with England will not enter parlie. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 256 A worke well entred, is truly said to be halfe done. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 27 Made, or at least entered at the Forge. 1748 tr. Coll. Hymns from Hymn-bk. Moravian Brethren: Pt. III 82/1 To rise To-day, Enter their Labours fresh again. 1873 Musical Times Apr. 55/1 It is not worth while to enter a conversation with a reviewer who writes only for modern readers. 1998 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. c6/2 The European nations must now seek to appeal the decision or enter a discussion with the United States over lowering the tariffs. e. transitive. To begin, commence (a period of time or stage of development). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [verb (transitive)] > begin enter1577 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 17 Traiane entring the yeares of xvj. left his studie. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) vii. 188 Kings..in entring their reignes. 1670 J. A. Comenius Generall Table Europe (new ed.) ii. i. 81 The King entering his 14th year. 1728 Stamford Mercury 22 Feb. 59 The King of France's Birth-Day, who then entered the 19th year of his Age. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 280 A lad entering the fifteenth year of his age. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 13 (note) Her majesty had just entered the seventy-seventh year of her age. 1857 Ohio Farmer 11 July 109/4 Our exhibition has entered its second day. 1902 Med. Bull. 14 2/2 The disease has entered its final stage. 1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 577 The Soviet poultry industry is entering a new phase of development. 2017 Al Jazeera (Nexis) 15 Mar. The country's civil war entered its seventh year. f. transitive. To begin participating in (a process or activity which has already started); to join in with. ΚΠ 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 57 I will go to sea, but on condition I shall meet with no storms. I will enter the war but on condition I shall have no blows. 1802 Crit. Rev. Nov. 274 The Bellerophon, commanded by Captain Darby, now entered the conflict. 1892 Boston Daily Advertiser 18 Nov. 8/1 He..may, in case his knee improves sufficiently, be given a chance to enter the game for a few minutes. 1942 Stars & Stripes (London ed.) 11 July 5/5 By the time [the] United States had entered the war he was a technical sergeant major. 1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 81 80 Rees..has entered the discussion of the absorption-line redshift problem..with a quasar model which would explain these redshifts. 2011 Addiction Professional May 12 Physicians need to enter the conversation about health insurance exchanges. 3. a. intransitive. To come or pass into (also †unto) a state or condition; (formerly sometimes) spec. to fall into a mental or physical disorder. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become yworthOE worthOE goOE becomec1175 come?a1200 waxc1220 charea1225 aworthc1275 makea1300 fallc1300 breedc1325 grow1340 strikea1375 yern1377 entera1382 turna1400 smitec1400 raxa1500 resolvea1500 to get into ——?1510 waxen1540 get1558 prove1560 proceed1578 befall1592 drop1654 evade1677 emerge1699 to turn out1740 to gain into1756 permute1864 slip1864 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms xciv. 11 Fourti ȝeer offendid I was to þat jeneracioun..whom I swoor in my wrathe: þei shul not entren in to [L. introibunt in] my reste. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 23368 Þa iois sere þat ihesus crist has diȝt til his qua-sim mai entre in-to þat blis. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxxxviij/1 Alle they that so consented entred in to frenesye and myght not be hool. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xviii. 9 To entre in vnto life. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 675 Determined to take part with king Edwarde, with whome..he in small space entred into great grace and high fauour. 1610 R. Gibbons tr. L. de la Puente Meditat. Myst. Holy Faith i. 355 Thou mayest presentely enter into rest, and glorie. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden 155 Those that be entred into a Ptisick. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 251. ⁋6 He that has entred into Guilt has bid Adieu to Rest. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 153 This gluey substance..gathered by butterflies or other flying insects..before they enter into the Aurelia state. 1837 Times 28 Sept. 1/4 The celebrated dancer..having been invited to enter into magnetic ‘rapport’ with Mulhooly, touched his hand. 1881 H. A. Jäschke Tibetan-Eng. Dict. 538/1 To prepare oneself for contemplation, or enter into a state of ecstacy. 1911 J. T. Haley From Darkness into Light 126 The righteous will then enter into glory. 1997 D. Singh Khalsa & C. Stauth Brain Longevity xv. 314 Many elite athletes enter into a theta-wave ‘dissociative state’ during their events. b. transitive. To go or pass into (a state or condition). ΚΠ ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye ii. sig. f5 They which with godlines had entred theire slepe (that is their deeth). ?1549 A. Scoloker tr. C. van der Heyden Bryefe Summe Whole Byble sig. Ciij Anye manne forsaking the promes of enteringe this rest. 1677 J. Crowne Destr. Jerusalem i. iv. 46 He could not dye, No more than those who enter heavenly joy. 1750 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 620 It enter'd the chrysalidal State. 1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1864) I. viii. 472 The transitionary state which France began to enter. ?1935 M. Tippett Sel. Lett. (2005) 227 The refusal of the individual..to enter a de-individualising existence. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 15 July (Abstracts) 18/1 Three of the remaining four patients..later entered remission. 2003 Independent 23 June 2/3 Nappers who did not enter REM sleep showed no improvement. 4. a. To admit, enrol, or employ.Often (esp. in early use) incorporating the notion of registering a person by name on a list, etc.; cf. sense 23a. (a) transitive. To gain admission for (a person) as a student, member, etc.; to arrange for the enrolment, employment, etc., of. In earliest use more specifically: to appoint or nominate for a particular position.Often with in, into; formerly sometimes with for, of, or infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > receive or imbibe > receive or admit a person enter1384 1384 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 27 Certein persones..that wer entred for the comun conseyl. 1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 153/2 Robert the Broise sall within xx dais..enter ane prest to signe [= sing] in the kirk of Arth. a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in Bannatyne Misc. (1836) II. 293 It is writyn..that the madyn Rea was enterit be hir brethir in the hous & habit of relegioun. 1670 I. Walton Life G. Herbert 14 in Lives Having entred Edward into Queens Colledge. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 265 Some..Officers..Enter'd me into the Army. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1730 I. 34 Taylor was entered of that College. 1836 W. à Beckett Universal Biogr. I. 133/1 In 1636 he was entered by his father..and was put under the tuition of Richard Busby. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. vii. 146 Each citizen has a legal right to enter his children [in the primary schools]. 1889 Morning Post 12 July 5/6 He was entered by his parents as a student at St. Gregory's College. 1968 Country Life 29 Aug. 517/1 Nicklaus, aged 10, was entered by his father in a clinic for instruction. 2004 E. O'Shaughnessy in E. Hargreaves & A. Varchevker In Pursuit of Psychic Change x. 174 His parents entered him at a public school. (b) transitive. To admit, take on, or enrol (a person) as a student, member, etc.; (also) to engage, recruit, employ. Now rare.Also with among, into, or infinitive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ hirec1000 i-bye10.. i-hirec1000 soldc1386 takea1400 retain1437 wage1465 conduct1476 fee1488 conduce1502 implya1533 entertain1572 enter1585 wager1592 to fill up1598 to take on1611 improve1640 to speak for ——a1688 employa1727 engage1753 ploy1871 to turn on1893 to book up1915 1585 W. Whitaker Aunswere Bk. by W. Rainoldes xvii. 418 You intitle your schoole of Sorbone with the names of Salomon, Dauid, Esaie, Ieremy, Peter, Paule, Augustine, as though they had euer bene entred into that Colledge. 1642 J. Taylor Humble Petition Company of Watermen to House of Commons sig. A4 William Cooper served one Thomas Burbydge of Wapping 3 yeers before this Master entered him. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. ii. §5 And if the King were chosen out of the Souldiers, he was presently entred among the Priests. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses III. 358 In the year 1655 making a return to the University, he was entred into Ch. Ch. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 370 He had entered twenty-three men during his stay at Macao. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §130 I likewise entered three masons and nine tinners..to take the first turn or week. 1841 A. S. Mackenzie Life P. Jones I. iv. 93 He had addressed a letter to the person engaged to enter men to accompany him. 1896 Musical Herald 2 Nov. 328/1 O'Leary was entered as a pupil of the Conservatorium. 1909 W. E. B. Du Bois J. Brown iii. 28 John Brown was entered among the students of the Rev. Moses Hallock. 1965 D. A. Baugh Brit. Naval Admin. Age of Walpole vi. 318 His carelessness in entering workmen without proper warrants from the Board. (c) transitive. With complement: to gain admission or employment for (a person) as what is specified by the complement; to admit or enrol in the specified position. Now rare.In extended use in quot. a1640. ΚΠ a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) i. i. 272 With this charitie I enter thee a begger. 1772 J. Towers Brit. Biogr. VII. 357 His father..entered him a Clerk to Sir Francis Winnington. 1826 G. L. Smyth Monuments & Genii St. Paul's Cathedral & Westm. Abbey II. 825 He entered him a student at the temple. 1895 New Rev. May 571 Pureney..prevailed upon his father to enter him a pensioner at Corpus Christi College. 1982 J. Sutherland in A. Trollope Way we live Now (1991) p. ix The Carlton Club..changes its rules to enter him a member. b. (a) intransitive. To join or be admitted to a group, organization, institution, religious community, etc.; to become a member. Also with †in, into. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (intransitive)] > become a member enter1389 join1716 to sign up1875 pledge1887 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 45 Who þat entryth in þe same Fraternite. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 178 I entred am in-to ȝour companye. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) iv. 61 We be entred as brethern. 1566 T. Becon New Postil ii. f. 117^v A monke doothe renounce all thyngs, and entreth into an abbey. 1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 266 By entring into a Confraternity. 1717 R. L'Estrange & J. Ozell tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano Spanish Pole-cat ii. 146 He had chose rather to have entered into a Monastery. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at Rapier) To take the Rapier, is to enter in the Army. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1730 I. 33 He fairly told Taylor that he could not..suffer him to enter where he knew he could not have an able tutor. 1854 Prospective Rev. 10 525 He..entered at Oriel College. 1906 Educ. Times Mar. 127/2 Those who enter at the age of eighteen may obtain training-college grants for two years. 1977 Washington Post 20 Sept. c6/1 After entering at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, he took a residency there. 2014 M. Doel & T. Kelly A-Z of Groups & Groupwork 95 Some open groups have new members entering and old members leaving on a very regular and frequent basis. (b) transitive. To join or be admitted to (an organization, group, institution, religious community, etc.); to become a member of. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > become member of enter1517 join1716 pledge1856 1517 R. Fox tr. Rule Seynt Benet lxii. sig. G.ii^v Let him all way..remembre that place & rome that he was in when he entred the monastery [L. ingressus est in monasterio]. 1588 ‘Zealous Affected Subject’ Oration Militarie sig. A3 Some of them haue entred the armies of the enemies. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 165 This day, my sister should the Cloyster enter . View more context for this quotation 1700 G. Dempster Prodigal returned to Scotl. 7 In the year 1690 I applyed my self to my Studies, and entered the Colledge of Edinburgh. 1776 Oxf. Mag. Aug. 547/2 She enters a convent and takes the veil. 1792 T. Cooper Reply Mr. Burke's Invective 51 The young men who enter the Army, are obviously tempted to prefer the seducing occupations of a military life. 1825 E. Benger Mem. E. Stuart II. xii. 212 The princess should not..enter a nunnery, in order to elude the engagement. 1896 Overland Monthly July 75 He, in the winter of 1863, entered the volunteer Navy. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door iii. 72 He entered the Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture. 1979 J. McCardell Idea of Southern Nation iii. 120 After graduation in 1839 DeBow entered the College of Charleston. 2016 Korea Times (Nexis) 27 July I decided to enter the company after becoming more interested in water issues. c. transitive (reflexive). To enrol oneself as a student, member, employee, etc.; to gain admission to a group, organization, institution, religious community, etc. Chiefly with in, into, (formerly) of. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > establish (residence) planteOE to take up1523 settle1562 enter1603 fix1638 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (reflexive)] > become member enter1603 adjoin1651 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with > take part in leadOE to take partc1384 to sit in1601 enter1603 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures v. 20 Mainie..entred himselfe into the order of the Bonhommes. 1653 Descr. & Plat Sea-coasts Eng. sig. A3 How far they have travelled to enter themselves into the States Service. 1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration ii. 59 They are free from it who enter themselves of the Company. 1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 63/2 He entered himself in the Middle Temple. 1801 F. Barrett Magus ii. 158 An insatiable curiosity to know every thing induced him to..enter himself into several religious fraternities. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 6 He therefore entered himself as a clerk to a solicitor. 1918 World Outlook Aug. 30/2 It is not uncommon at McTyeire for a mother to..enter herself in a primary class. 1974 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 12 Sept. c1/2 She hastily entered herself into a nursing home. 2000 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 9 July He had recovered and entered himself in the Arsenal, a military school. 5. a. intransitive. With into. To engage in the consideration or discussion of a particular subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] thinkOE thinkOE bethinka1200 umthinka1300 to have mind ofc1300 casta1340 studya1375 delivera1382 to chew the cudc1384 to take advisementa1393 stema1400 compassc1400 advisec1405 deliberc1405 to make it wisec1405 to take deliberationc1405 enter?a1413 riddlec1426 hovec1440 devise?c1450 to study by (also in) oneself?c1450 considerc1460 porec1500 regard1523 deliberate1543 to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546 contemplate1560 consult1565 perpend1568 vise1568 to consider of1569 weigh1573 ruminate1574 dascanc1579 to lay to (one's) heart1588 pondera1593 debate1594 reflect1596 comment1597 perponder1599 revolvea1600 rumine1605 consider on, upon1606 to think twice1623 reflex1631 spell1645 ponderatea1652 to turn about1725 to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736 to wake over1771 incubatea1847 mull1857 fink1888 ?a1413 Treat. Med. in J. Norri Names Sicknesses in Eng. 1400–1550 (1992) 69 I Austyn schal write sumdel of theorike & sumdel of practike þorue þe whiche ȝe schulle þe betir entre in to þe worchynge of fisik. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Transgressio A man leaueth the principal matter, & entreth into an other thing. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. Aij To entre into another matter. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. O1 The second of these must by insinuation bee entered into. 1621 E. Grimeston tr. N. Coeffeteau Table Humane Passions Pref. sig. a7^v Wee haue spoken enough hereof, let vs now enter into the subiect. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi §9 If we should enter into their Theology, and the History of that. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 95. ⁋3 I..should be obliged to you if you would enter into the Matter more deeply. 1769 Monthly Rev. May 433 The Author enters into that question as follows. 1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. Introd. 34 To enter into these speculations would however be useless and unprofitable. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 45 Into its physiology we do not propose to enter. 1935 Times of India 14 June 11/2 He did not wish to enter into the matter of relations with Britain again. 1972 Jrnl. Contemp. Asia 2 174 Before we enter into the subject-matter of the discussion, a terminological remark is necessary. 2015 A. Lord Transforming Renewal ii. 51 I am not entering into the question of authorship. b. intransitive. With on, upon. To begin consideration or discussion of a particular subject. ΚΠ 1622 T. Barnes Gales of Grace i. 5 Our Sauiour hauing by this occasion entred vpon so woorthy a subiect. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 124 Then the Kinges Councell entred upon their proofes. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. vi. 22 Thus enter the Prelates upon affaires of Kings and Kingdomes. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 339. ¶5 The Day is not too far spent for him to enter upon such a Subject. 1727 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 295 This day the Committee..entered on the Church's grievances. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xv. 187 Her fear, if she once entered on the subject. View more context for this quotation 1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Apr. 631 Mr. Ruskin..enters on his special subject, namely landscape painting. 1909 Independent (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 584/1 The Supreme Court of the United States thus enters upon the problem of the limitation of democracy. 1960 R. J. Clements Picta Poesis ix. 178 He even enters upon the question of verisimilitude. 2006 Africa News (Nexis) 9 Jan. Let us enter upon the subject at hand. 6. a. transitive. To become a party to (a contract, agreement, treaty, etc.); to undertake to abide by, to subscribe to. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > make conclude or seal (an agreement) binda1300 smitec1330 takec1330 ratify1357 knitc1400 enter1418 obligea1522 agree1523 conclude1523 strike1544 swap1590 celebrate1592 rate?1611 to strike up1646 form1736 firm1970 1418 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 351 (MED) It is þoght þat, þogh þe Dauphins partie wolde entre þat tretee, it shuld not be admitted finally. ?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. f.ii^v Hall should enter bonde in two hundred markes in Recognizance for the payment. 1595 M. Mosse Arraignm. Usurie ii. 51 Then may it easilie appeare that a man may yeelde his consent, and enter a contract by silence. 1650 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 224 If she shall refuse to enter such bond. 1691 B. Motte tr. S. F. von Pufendorf Whole Duty of Man i. ix. 129 A man after having contracted with one, might be at liberty to enter a Treaty with another. 1829 Morning Chron. 24 July Subsequent contracts of a similar kind were entered between the parties about a steam-engine, and a screw machine. 1894 N.Y. Times 11 Nov. 4/7 An invitation to enter an agreement with five European powers to stop the Japanese advance into China. 1957 Times 23 Nov. 3/2 He should be injuncted from entering a contract with anyone else. 2001 N.Y. Times 6 May iii. 6/4 Warnaco..enters an exclusive license agreement to sell Weight Watchers ‘shapewear’. b. intransitive. With into, †in. To become a party to a contract, treaty, etc.; to subscribe to, or undertake to abide by, an agreement.More common than the equivalent transitive sense 6a.to enter into a covenant: see covenant n. 1a. to enter into security: see security n. Phrases 3d. ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. cclxxxiii/1 He myght entre in to treatie with Lamorabaquy for the redempcion of his sonne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xxiii. 3 And all the people entred in to [a1382 Wycliffite, E.V. assentyde to] the couenaunt. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 65 Tis nothing but some band that he is entred into. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 126 Master, I am heere entred in bond for you. View more context for this quotation 1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing xvi. sig. E3^v The like Bond shall be entred into by all. 1673 Answer to Case of Inhabitants of Croydon 2 John Blake Junior..entred into an agreement with the Dr. to seale the Leases. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶1 A Subject of the Great Mogul entering into a League with one of the Czar of Moscovy. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 ii. 201 They entred anew into articles of submission. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 31 The agreement, into which he had entered. 1886 Manch. Examiner 2 Jan. 5/3 He refused to enter into a treaty with the Indian Government. 1930 St. Anne (Illinois) Record 11 Dec. A treaty was entered into whereby Nicaragua was paid $3,000,000. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside iii. x. 114 Their attempts to enter into a no-ploughing agreement with the Moor's owners fell down. 2015 Manila Times (Nexis) 4 July By agreeing to lend you his motorbike, you and your friend entered into a contract of loan. †7. intransitive. To begin an attack upon or on. Cf. to come upon —— 1a at come v. Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] onreseeOE onslayc1275 entera1425 to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588 endeavour?1589 to fall aboard1591 to let fly1611 strikea1616 to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655 to fall on board (of)1658 tilt1708 to walk into ——1794 to run in1815 to peg it1834 to sail in1856 to wade in1863 to light in1868 to roll into ——1888 to make for ——1893 a1425 Rev. Methodius in J. Trevisa Dialogus Militem et Clericum (1925) 101 Þei entriden [a1450 BL Add. 37049 entyrd] vppon þe sones of Israel. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1359 Þou sall eft, all on ernest, entire on þe wallis And foulire [read foule hire] vndir þi feete. ?1520 R. Pynson tr. Frère Hayton Lytell Cronycle f. viii^v/1 The Armenys..entred vpon them and droue theym oute of all the landes. 1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours f. 70 Geta with a companye entered vppon him to slea him. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 698 The Beare dareth not to enter vpon the wilde Bore, except behind him. 1693 tr. A. W. Schowart Observ. Hist. & Geneal. iii. 80 The King enters upon him with a vast Army, and is totally routed by him. 8. a. transitive. To begin training (an animal, esp. a hunting animal); to train (a hawk) to fly after quarry; to break in (a horse). Also with at, to, with, indicating the kind of game or quarry to which a hunting animal is first introduced. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train temec1000 tamec1315 faite1362 daunt1377 afaitea1393 reclaima1393 chastisec1400 makea1425 meekc1429 break1474 enter1490 train?1532 law1534 dressc1540 meeken1591 correct1594 subjugate1595 cicure1599 unwild1605 cicurate1606 mancipate1623 familiarize1634 domesticate1641 gentle1651 domesticize1656 civilize1721 educate1760 domiciliate1782 1490 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 508 A kest of hakys, when he went to enter them to the rever. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lix. 165 The Hare is the verie proper beaste to enter houndes well. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To flesh, to enter a dog. 1614 S. Latham Falconry Contents sig. a2 When a hawke will be ready to enter. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 21 Dec. (1976) IX. 398 Not daring yet to use them [sc. horses] too much, but only to enter them. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Entering of Hounds The Hare is esteemed the best Game to enter your Hounds at. 1773 J. Campbell Treat. Mod. Faulconry xiii. 156 Some faulconers enter their hawks with live pigeons. 1829 T. Brown Biogr. Sketches Dogs 502 In entering fox hounds it should always be at their own game. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) 124 The young hounds should be entered to fox. 1881 E. B. Michell Hawking in Macmillan's Mag. 45 39 It remains only to break him to the lure, and to ‘enter’ him, each of which processes is soon completed. 1942 Country Life 11 Dec. 1134/3 It is better to enter a dog to cold game. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 113/1 The falconer's preparation of a hawk from first taking her up, to entering her at quarry. †b. transitive. To introduce the knowledge of something to (a person); to begin educating or instructing (a person) in an area of knowledge; to initiate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > ground or initiate foundc1394 groundc1405 introduce1475 induce1490 enter?1529 institutea1538 flesh1591 induct1603 initiate1603 principle1608 elementa1639 foundation1661 ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. iv. sig. D.iiij The preceptes of wyse men, whiche she had be entred in. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 13 b Sounde meate for such as are wel entred. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. ii. 2 They of Rome are entred in our Counsailes. View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 62 So that he be already entred into the Theorie of Musick. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 202 He asked me..If I would enter his Children in the Rudiments of the Latin Tongue. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. iv. 76 Cleophon..entered him [sc. his son] betimes in the principles of his Sect. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iv. 229 You are entered in all the secrets of his workshop. 9. †a. intransitive. With into. To use a particular row, column, or entry in a table of figures as a starting point for further calculation or reckoning. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1500 (?1397) G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Digby 72) (1872) ii. Suppl. §44. 54 With so many entere into thy tabelis in þe furst lyne. 1606 J. Fage Speculum Ægrotorum sig. E Now I desire to know the Critical, Iudiciall and Mortal daies (of that person) then entring into the Table in the vttermost columbe on the left hand, vnder the caracter of the moone in Pisces, ouer against the 12. deg. in the next columbe, I find the 7. degree of Aries, to which when the Moone commeth is a mortall day. b. transitive. To begin using (a table of figures) at a particular row, column, or entry. Now chiefly Nautical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > create a graph [verb (transitive)] > expand or consult a table enter1555 subtabulate1936 1555 L. Digges Prognostication Right Good Effect sig. G Entre youre Table, consideringe that moneth and daye. 1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 11/2 With this quocient Sine I enter the Table. 1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 60 I enter the Table under the Title inches. 1774 B. Donne Brit. Mariner's Assistant 35 With this Time enter Table IV. and from the Column of Log. Rising take out the Logarithm corresponding thereto. 1840 H. Raper Pract. Navigation 80 Enter Table 5 with the first number of points at the top, and the second number of points at the side. 1916 F. W. Sterling Small Boat Navigation iv. 85 Enter table 2 at course marked 40°. 2014 H. J. Baker Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2014 4/1 Enter table on page 45 (left hand side) with arguments OA [= observed altitude] and НЕ [= height of eye]. †10. intransitive. With into. To interfere or meddle in the business, practices, etc., of others. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xiiij Pray for him that he may execute his office in his owne diocese and not entre into other mens officies. 1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke iii. xvii. 230 We goe out of our limits, and enter into other mens professions and trades to reforme their enormities and knauish customes. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 459 Other Princes would not..enter into the laws and establishment settled among us. 11. a. intransitive. With into. To form part of the thing specified, to be an element of or factor in something; to be relevant to something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be (part of) [verb (transitive)] > be the or a component(s) of > enter into as an element enter1563 ingrede1657 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iii. i. f. 4 The simples (entrynge into the composition of the vsuall pouder) are venomous. 1691 J. Scougall tr. D. Beddevole Ess. Anat. vii. 76 Volatile Sulphurs, and Volatile Alcalies are the Animal Spirits which enter into its composition. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 176. ⁋2 Our Affections must never enter into our Business. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §193 The quantity and species of sabulous matter that entered into the texture of the limestone. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 567 These universal correspondencies..enter into all the plans of Nature. 1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 356/1 In Gardening the ideal and the actual are intimately blended; the practical element enters into it somewhat largely. 1879 T. H. Huxley Hume 74 Those compound states of consciousness, which so largely enter into our ordinary trains of thought. 1929 Times 6 July 17/6 Yellow and red enter into the colour symphony of all the petals. 1994 Discover Apr. 64/1 Behaviorists call this a fixed-action response because free will doesn't enter into it. 2017 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 June (Spectrum section) 18 Many diverse elements enter into the fabric of Castro's always intriguing though sometimes opaque works. b. intransitive. With adverbial in. To be or become a factor or element in something indicated by the context. ΚΠ 1888 Spectator 30 June 884/1 Other considerations, some of them trifling enough, enter in. 1952 T. Parsons Social Syst. 7 The moment even the most elementary system-level is brought under consideration a component of ‘system integration’ must enter in. 1986 J. Dallen Reconciling Community (1991) vii. 205 Other concerns entered in, of course, and sometimes interfered with the pastoral one. 2014 C. Cobb et al. Chem. of Alchemy ix. 150 There is the possibility of jealousy entering in. †12. transitive. Of an action, circumstance, object, etc.: to be the means by which (a person) is brought or introduced into a position, state, situation, etc. Chiefly with into. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > bring into a position reduce?a1475 enter1563 land1649 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > bring into activity or activate enter1563 inact1583 active1620 activate1624 yoke1630 animate1646 inactuate1651 to bring (also call, put) into (also in) play1799 to put onc1842 to bring on1860 mobilize1871 derepress1962 society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate with for common purpose [verb (transitive)] > bring into association allyc1325 confeder1380 sociea1387 associate1398 sociate1485 companya1500 band1530 confederate1532 aggregate1534 colleague1535 join1560 enter1563 bandy1597 league1611 colligate1613 club1656 fraternize1656 federalize1787 brigade1831 1563 R. Fills tr. T. de Bèze Briefe Summe Christian Faith f. 88 The whole rabble of them be entred into the Churche by brybes and symonye [Fr. tous sont entrez en l'Eglise par argent]. 1604 J. Downham Christian Warfare ii. xlv. 547 Desperation..entreth vs into the most certaine and present possession thereof. ?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads iii. Comm. 49 Time..will not otherwise let me come to the last twelue [books], in which the first free light of my Author, entred and emboldened me. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 112 This sword but shewne to Cæsar with this tydings, Shall enter me with him. View more context for this quotation 1658 Whole Duty of Man (1684) i. §31. 23 Baptism..enters us into covenant with God. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xx. 184 By which [sc. Baptism] we are entred and initiated into the Christian Church. a1771 J. Gill Coll. Serm. & Tracts (1773) II. 160 The Jewish children were entered into their church by circumcision. 13. intransitive. With into. To engage deeply or properly with something; to participate fully in something..to enter into the spirit of: see spirit n. Phrases 8 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > become interested in to take up in1665 enter1694 to take up1751 to turn on1954 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > fellow feeling > fellow-feel [verb (intransitive)] sympathize1607 fellow-feel1612 consanguinate1621 enter1851 relate1947 1694 G. Burnet Serm. preach'd before Queen 11 Mar. 26 Enter into and feel the sufferings of others. 1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 26 With a kind of Sympathy entering into the Concern of the People, and taking, as it were, their Passion upon him. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. vi. 43 It is by comparison only that we can enter into the philosophy of language. 1833 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. ix. 404 Entering into everything and enjoying everything like a child. 1851 A. Helps Friends in Council II. 11 I should enter into his feelings rather than into those of the ordinary spectator. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 89 She entered into all the arrangements..in a methodical and rational manner. 1914 Med. World June 238 In everyday life the great question is to enter into the spirit of it. 1969 Mosaic 2 67 This passage shows his ability..to enter into the emotions of a man who has just lost his wife. 2011 S. Lovibond I. Murdoch, Gender & Philos. i. 1 He does, however, seem to expect his readers to enter into the excitement of the encounter. 14. transitive. Bridge and Whist. To transfer the lead to (oneself, one's partner, or one's dummy).intransitive in quot. 1880. ΚΠ 1880 ‘A. Trump, Jr.’ Laws & Regulations Short Whist 77 It forces out the commanding cards of that suit held by the adversaries, who wish to enter to play their own strong cards. 1902 ‘L. Leigh’ Bridge Whist (ed. 3) iii. 138 The dealer plays to clear the Clubs and put South in, knowing that he will open Hearts, and must eventually enter Dummy. 1960 T. Reese Play Bridge with Reese 23 If the spades are breaking as well, I can play Ace and another spade, ruff out the King of clubs and enter dummy to make two long clubs. 1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 14/7 Bridge..He enters his hand via trump and ruffs another club in dummy. 2003 F. North Bridge Play Unravelled 116 The West hand can be entered with the ace of diamonds and a second spade defeats the contract. II. Senses relating to physical entry into a place. 15. a. intransitive with prepositional phrase. (a) To come or go into a place, area, building, etc. Also occasionally with in (now nonstandard) or (formerly) with †unto.In quots. a1325, a1400 transitive (reflexive) with intransitive meaning.Now much less common than the transitive sense 15d(a). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] i-goc1275 entera1325 to step into ——c1380 enterc1400 get1585 invade1590 ingressa1631 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 105 Ihesus him entrede in-to Ierusalem. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 205 Þe emperowr entred in a wey. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8341 For-þi hir enterd bersabe. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4481 Jn to a castel he entreþ þare. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 37 At þat cytee entreth the ryuere of Nyle in to the see. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 47^v Honerable Elan was entrid in þe tempull. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 263 Syr for Gods sake enter againe into your Ship. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. i He proudly entered into the sanctuary. a1628 J. Doddridge Eng. Lawyer (1631) 221 The Miller entreth unto the others ground and breaketh downe the stakes. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxv. 96 Entering into the little wood, he heard the sound of a bell. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 5 We entred into a Woody Mountainous Country. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 339 Enter into it [sc. the harbour] then at this time..while day-light remains. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. iv. 70 We..entered into a noble forest. 1876 R. W. Sibthorp Daily Bread 145 There are many who go round the walls, without entering into the castle. 1931 Oceania 2 182 We went, and began to enter into the woods. 1971 N.Y. Times 20 Mar. 35/3 She hopes the experience of entering into the space will simulate birth. 1984 in L. Winer Dict. Eng./Creole Trinidad & Tobago (2009) 329/1 Everybody shud stan up when di Headmaster enter in di classroom. 2008 H. W. Smith Continuities of German Hist. ii. 65 After gathering in the churchyard, the assembled enter into the hall. (b) figurative. To go or pass into a person, the heart, a notional place, etc.; to be admitted into something. In early use also with in.See also to enter into a person's head at Phrases 5. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xiii. 27 Sathanas entride in to him. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1109 O..Appollo..entreth in my brest anoon. c1475 Proverbs (Rawl. D.328) in Mod. Philol. (1940) 38 118 Wysdem schall neuer en-tre in to a newle [= an evil] wyllyd. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies sig. E^v What man..doth not see and lament to haue entred in to Christes religion, suche false doctrine. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 18 Error therefore entring into the world with sin among us poore Adamites. 1698 J. Pechey Compl. Midwife's Pract. Enlarged (ed. 5) 347 Such unrests as these ought not to enter into the breast of a Midwife. 1780 Crit. Rev. Sept. 212 The devil entered into one of those serpents. 1824 Monthly Rev. Feb. 179 Corruption and falsehood have entered into her heart. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 450 A spirit of reverence enters into the young man's soul. 1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers 7 Such equipment is already rising above the basic ‘domestic quality’ and entering into the hi-fi fringes. 2003 Empire May 153/3 The cel-shaded character and background graphics that persuade you that you've left the console world and entered into an interactive TV cartoon. b. intransitive. With pleonastic or emphatic in (as an adverb): to come or go in; to get in. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] to go ineOE ingoc900 to come inOE incomec1000 infarec1000 enterc1325 enderc1330 ingressc1330 entera1382 to fall inc1384 usha1400 to get ina1425 to step in1534 to set (or put) (a) footing1567 invade1590 to take in1595 to hop in (also out)1914 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1097 Hii entred In at temese mouþ. a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) l. 300 (MED) And hastily in-to Troy they entred In. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 744 And enteryt in withe his menȝhe. 1509 Kynge Rycharde Cuer du Lyon (de Worde) sig. E.viii^v And there we may without dente Enter in now verament. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 81 While he wer entring in at y^e gate. 1566 T. Heskyns Parl. Chryste ii. xi. f. cxi Chryst against the nature of this bodie, entred in through the shett doores. 1601 R. Verstegan Odes 102 Wee enter in at this worldes cumbrous gate. 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Apologie conc. Perfection 141 in tr. J. Böhme Remainder of Bks. Through this Dore we must all Enter in. 1747 J. Wesley Let. 18 July (1931) II. 107 Weary of striving to enter in at the strait gate. 1791 Literary Mag. & Brit. Rev. July 26/1 They shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 117 Empanoplied and plumed We enter'd in. 1904 J. Rhoades Little Flowers St. Francis of Assisi 106 He would not enter in, but to a church Betook him. 2010 N.Y. Amsterdam News 9 Sept. 9/4 They had to enter in through the kitchen. c. intransitive without construction. (a) To come or go in. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] to go ineOE ingoc900 to come inOE incomec1000 infarec1000 enterc1325 enderc1330 ingressc1330 entera1382 to fall inc1384 usha1400 to get ina1425 to step in1534 to set (or put) (a) footing1567 invade1590 to take in1595 to hop in (also out)1914 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxiii. 21 Ther entride not bi it the ship of roweres, ne the grete ship of thre mastes [altered to stagis] shal not ouergon it. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xx. 919 Þe stok þerof [sc. boxe]..haþ no poores where ayre might entre. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 5185 Ramsay til hym coyme in hy, And gert hym entre. a1535 T. More Hist. Edward V (1641) 16 When he is once entred, he creepeth forth so farre. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. ix. 186 A way made..for Paganisme, or for extreme barbaritie to enter. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 183 She is to enter now, and I am to spy Her through the wall. View more context for this quotation a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 194 John..did..before Christ entred, play the Mediator. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 159 The Air..entring by the Furnace-Pipes. 1746 ‘F. de Biron’ tr. Adventures & Amours Marquis de Noailles II. 299 I started to my Feet, and was scarce got up when the Marquis entered. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 ii. 138 The minister..discovered near 20 entring. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. liv. 41 The king and his troops entered first through a postern. 1869 J. G. Austin Cipher 22 The door opened noiselessly, and Mrs. Rhee entered. 1915 Paper-maker & Brit. Paper Trade Jrnl. Apr. 422/1 The water enters at the top. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iii. 441 He entered and walked toward the bull's stall. 2017 Sun (Nigeria) (Nexis) 10 May One of them opened the door, entered and sat on my front seat. (b) Of an actor: to come on to the stage; to make one's entrance. Chiefly as a stage direction, usually preceding the name (or names) of the character (or characters) who are to come on (also figurative); cf. exit v.¹In stage directions, the form enter is usually used even when the reference is singular (for example, ‘Enter Hamlet’ rather than ‘Enters Hamlet’). This form was apparently originally subjunctive (with jussive force, corresponding to Latin intret, also used as a stage direction in some 16th-cent. plays in English), though the directive nature of the construction may have led it to be interpreted as imperative. Indicative forms also occur (and are attested earliest); see e.g. quot. 1534. ΚΠ ?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) l. 432 + 1 (stage direct.) Here shall entere a-nother devyll..with a fyeryng. 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. B.i (stage direct.) Here they go both out and the louer belouyd entreth with a songe. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) iii. 116 (stage direct.) Here enter Pandwlfus, þe cardynall, and sayth [etc.]. 1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London ii. sig. A.ii^v (stage direct.) Enter Dissimulation, hauing on a farmers long coat, and a cappe. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §47 In the last scene, all the Actors must enter to compleat and make up the Catastrophe. 1675 W. Wycherley Country Wife i. 11 Manent Horner, Harcourt, Dorilant; Enter to them Mr. Pinchwife. 1727 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 23 June (1966) II. 78 During these Excuses, enter Edgcombe, who appear'd frighted at the sight of a third person. 1789 G. Colman Ut Pictura Poesis! 10 (stage direct.) Enter Milk Girl, with Pails. 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 28 Jan. (1971) 162 Enter Mr. Sneyd, to whom..the Italian scholars ran with their book. 1820 S. J. Arnold Devil's Bridge i. i. 6 (stage direct.) When Marcelli enters, followed by Claudine, he has a spade and a basket. 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island iv. 83 Broadbent enters, soiled and disordered as to his motoring coat. 1916 Shanghai Times 5 July 5/7 The actors entered by doors right and left. 1967 F. J. Singer Epigrams at Large 17 Enter Money, exit dignity. 2005 R. Bean Harvest 92 (stage direct.) Enter a young woman Vet, about 26, a Kiwi. d. (a) transitive. To come or go into (a place, area, building, vehicle, etc.).In quot. a1470 in perfect formed with be. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] i-goc1275 entera1325 to step into ——c1380 enterc1400 get1585 invade1590 ingressa1631 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 329 (MED) Þou schal enter þis ark. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 22 Thes two noble kynges were entirde the londe. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii^v He hathe entred the heuen to appere before y^e vysage of his fader for vs. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 171 Who being discomfited with the storms and tempestes thereof, never enter shippe. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 6 One..that when he enters the confines of a Tauerne, claps me his sword vpon the table. View more context for this quotation 1612 W. Fenner Pluto his Trauailes 11 They enter the Temple, where their Saint stands. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World vi. xxvii. §17. 613/2 Having taken a blessing from the Priest, he enters the house. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 178. ⁋2 He..returns as if he were entring a Gaol. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iv. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 859 They soon came to know who they were that came to them, and were entred the city. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 109 Some traveller, who shall enter Our tent, may read them. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 234 Who was the young lady that I saw entering a carriage? 1921 Archit. Forum Dec. 241/2 As one enters the room, the chimney-piece will be readily observed. 1986 New Yorker 4 Aug. 25 (caption) You are now entering Alaska. 2015 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 8 The ruler was all smiles when he entered the shop and mingled with his subjects. (b) transitive. figurative. To go or pass into (a person, the heart, a notional place, etc.); to be admitted into.See also to enter a person's head at Phrases 5. ΚΠ c1400 Last Age of Church (1840) p. xxv Þis was þe firste tribulacioun þat ontrede þe Chirche of God. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 2204 (MED) Noble matrones, which han al suffisaunce Off womanhed..ay prouideth..That no such foly entre your corage To folwe Dido. ?1538 Encheridyon Spyrytuall Lyfe sig. C.iii^v in tr. St. Martinus Rule of Honest Lyfe Nothynge entreth your mynde, but god. 1696 T. Gregory Disc. Several Divine Subj. 106 The Waters of Bitterness (you see) entred his Soul. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. vi. iv. 512 The most sad, melancholy, dismal, funest, cypressian casualty that can enter the human imagination. 1826 Sephora II. xxii. 4 By what avenue love entered their hearts,..we have been unable to ascertain. 1938 Foreign Service Feb. 38 (caption) He enters the work-a-day world with eyes front and center, head up. 1975 A. Schimmel Mystical Dimensions of Islam iii. 117 Do not allow any impure thoughts to enter their hearts. 1999 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Mar. (Features section) 62 Enter a chatroom and dialogue might consist of something like this: Hi :) How r u ? 2008 New Yorker 14 Jan. 84/1 Her bumptious second single, ‘Foundations’, entered the British charts last June at No. 2. e. transitive. To bring or put (a person or animal) into a place, area, etc.; (formerly sometimes) spec. to take or bring (someone) on board a ship or other vessel. Also figurative. Now rare.Frequently with prepositional phrase (often with into) indicating the place, area, etc., concerned. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in > a person into a house, room, or vessel admit1434 showc1450 to take in?a1475 enter1523 inducea1535 to show ina1640 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxx. 143 They decked thre shyppes, and entred into theym a certayne. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 387 Whereby to enter the lawe of the Gospel into the mightie kingdome of China. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. i. 127 Entered we are not into the visible Church before our admittance by the doore of baptisme. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iii. sig. D3 I should for the more state let him walke some two houres in an vtter roome..but come enter him. 1674 London Gaz. No. 870/4 Laying him on board on the Bow..[he] entered his Men, and made him surrender. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 4 He would..endeavour to enter me fairly into the Station of Life which, [etc.]. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 203 The Boat..was to enter her Men in the Waste. 1768 Scots Mag. Oct. 547/2 The Duke of Cumberland..was entered on board the Venus frigate. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. viii. 136 He would, he said, fairly enter me on the grounds, and introduce me. 1892 Cavalry Drill Regulations (U.S. Army) 193 The horse should be watered..before entering him into the stream. 2014 K. Gannon & D. L. Gilbertson Case Stud. Drowning Forensics xiv. 327 Dion's abductor(s) would have entered him into the river under the cover of darkness. f. transitive. To go through or within (a door, gate, etc.); to pass through (something serving as an entrance). ΚΠ 1530 T. Gascoigne's Myrroure Oure Lady f. cxlv Our lady in her assumpcyon entred those gates as an ouercomer. 1596 Raigne Edward III sig. B3 Being at the wall, enter our homely gate. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 49 When they enter the gates, they must deliuer their weapons to the Corporall. 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 391/2 Just as she was about to enter the Door, a pail of water came sousing upon her. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 10 The gate which thou enterest. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xli. 518 The glorious procession entered the gate of the hippodrome. 1833 ‘C. Elizabeth’ Derry xiii. 303 Before, however, any one could enter the half opened portal, Magrath presented himself. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xvi Entering the door there was an apartment on each side. 1923 Living Age 3 Feb. 262/2 The gate was entered and the foreigners found themselves within the walls. 1963 Washington Post 24 July c5/8 Water entered the opening in the throat. 2014 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Suppl.) 6 Special Ops officers enter the side door. g. transitive. To force entry into (a building, etc.); to break into. Formerly also: †to board (a ship) by force (obsolete). Also intransitive, sometimes with into.Often paired with break in the context of burglary and other crimes: see also to break and enter at break v. 17a and cf. breaking and entering at breaking n. 1c.Sometimes probably simply a contextual use of sense 15d(a). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > violently break851 foundc1420 enter1567 burst1570 intrude1594 raid1875 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxxii. f. 393 The souldiers of Godefrey..entred their enimies ships. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xxvii. 49/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II His lodging..was entred with fire. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 There is more men lost in entering, if the chase stand to her defence. 1663 J. Oliver Present for Teeming Women iii. 28 Seven thieves enter the house. 1676 Warn. Housekeepers 4 Glasiers, thieves who enter houses, thro' windows, first remouing a pane of glass. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 194 And seeing their fore-castle..full of men..I concluded they had now come to a resolution of entering us. 1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. 531 (note) Some disorderly persons broke and entered into a house. 1810 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 2) II. xxi. 841 Judgment was arrested in trespass for breaking and entering a free fishery. 1869 C. T. Buckland Rep. Police Burdwan Div. 1868 25 Six men entered complainant's house and carried off property. 1904 Chron. (N.Y.) 15 Sept. 153/1 Thieves entered the building and secured $2,000. 1965 F. Bonham Durango Street xxiii. 149 We'll put the arm on him for breaking and entering your house. 2017 Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. 5 [He] was killed with a sawn-off shotgun in the early hours of April 30 this year after two burglars entered his detached £1 million home. 16. a. intransitive. To pass or break through into the substance of something; to penetrate or permeate into something; to plunge. Often with into, (formerly) †in. Also in figurative contexts (see also the iron entered into his (also her, etc.) soul at iron n.¹ Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > penetrate wade993 smitec1275 reachc1300 piercea1325 sinkc1330 enterc1350 soundc1374 thirl1398 racea1420 takea1425 penetrate1530 penetre?1533 ransack1562 strike1569 thread1670 raze1677 perforate1769 spit1850 riddle1856 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 185 Rotennes entred in my bones. a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Laud) (1884) cviii. 17 (MED) He did on him malisun as clothing; and hit entird as watir in his inerere. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxiii. f. xxviii/1 The grounde was soo softe and moryssh, that they entred vp to the raynes. 1599 S. Harward Three Serm. iii. sig. A8^v The longer he draweth his blow the deeper the Axe doth enter. 1621 R. Preston Doctr. Sacrament Lords Supper 333 Our transgressions, which were the sharp nails that entred into his precious body. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 326 The sword Of Michael..deep entring shar'd All his right side. View more context for this quotation 1712 Bibliotheca Anatomica II. 3/1 To make the Knife enter the more steady and firm, put the middle Finger underneath it. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Oar That part of the oar..which enters into the water, is called the blade. 1871 Maine Farmer 8 Apr. The knife entering into the left side of the boy. 1919 Jrnl.-Lancet 1 Dec. 645/2 It is very important that the scalpel enters properly between the pillar and the capsule. 2013 Indian Patent News (Nexis) 20 June The nail screw enters into the handle portion. b. transitive. To pass or break through into the substance of; to pierce, penetrate, or permeate; to plunge into. Also in figurative contexts.In quot. 1679 the subject of the verb is a person using an auger to bore a hole. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > penetrate thirlc1175 delve?c1225 piercec1325 entera1500 penetrate1530 search1594 job1603 breaka1616 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate through-shooteOE borec1000 thirlc1000 through-boreOE piercec1330 wimblec1440 entera1500 perforate1538 foraminate1599 terebrate1623 drilla1657 forate1657 pertund1657 perviate1657 drill1674 transforate1727 tirl1825 a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 1465 Myght it not entre and perse The centres of metalle as auctours reherce. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 297 Moystnes shall enter their bones. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 179 This respite..enter'd me; Yea, with a spitting power. View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 160 Entring the Post first with an Augure. 1770 L. M. Stretch Beauties of Hist. II. 201 The mortal stroke with a javelin, which entered his temple. 1820 W. Roxburgh et al. Flora Indica I. 455 Short stiff bristles, which readily enter the skin. 1859 L. Lawford tr. A. Dumas Chateau Rouge liii. 352 His enemy's sword entered his breast. 1914 A. Deussen Geol. & Underground Waters Texas Coastal Plain 87 Water that enters the ground does not sink to abnormal depths. 1952 J. Runnström in Struct. Aspects Cell Physiol. 58 The granules increase in volume before entering the membrane. 2017 Chronicle (Toowoomba, Queensland) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 32 The blade entered his chest. †c. intransitive (with within) and transitive. figurative. To gain access to, and so influence over, the mind, opinions, etc., of (a person); to ‘get into the head of’. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xx. xiv. 61 Vindex entred so far within him, as he obtained whatsoever he would at his hands. a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 526 I almost despair of entering some of our Adversaries. 17. a. intransitive. With on, upon. To move on to an area of ground, path, bridge, etc.; to begin to travel on or upon. Also: to make an entrance on a stage, etc. (also in figurative contexts); cf. sense 15c(b). ΚΠ c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 59 Forþward faste on hure way þey wente & entrede on þe brigge. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. xxi^v They that were enbusshed..entred on the bridge & come in to the towne. 1588 A. Munday tr. C. Colet Famous Hist. Palladine Eng. xiv. f. 28 Entring on the plaine, they espied Palladine. 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. iii. ii. 69 The Actors did enter vpon the stage. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (ci. 8 Annot.) 499/2 The season wherein David, as a Judge, entring on the Tribunal, etc. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 340 We began..to enter upon the vast nameless Desart. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 138 The lads and lasses entered upon the stage. 1826 J. Foster Let. 9 Oct. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 96 He is saved from entering on a scene of infinite corruptions. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §12. 88 My guide and myself entered upon this portion of the glacier. 1912 St. Nicholas Sept. 1014/2 The brave riders and fair rideresses enter upon the scene. 1953 Mod. Lang. Rev. 17 21 The four men enter upon the trail leading over the mountains. 2008 Sunday Times of India 28 Sept. (Bombay Times) 3/2 Simran entered on the stage in a convertible car. b. transitive. To move on to (a path, bridge, etc.); to begin to travel along or across. Also figurative. ΚΠ c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 199 No buerne was so bold þe brigge for to entre. 1588 R. Some Godly Treat. 4 Make them slowe to enter the path of saluation. 1607 J. Nicholl Houre Glasse Indian Newes sig. D They entred the path with vs againe. 1661 Eliana i. 6 Entring a walk beset with green fair-spread trees. 1717 Weekly-Jrnl. 14 Sept. 234/1 The Marquess de Lede..had entered the Road of Cagliari. 1786 Worcester Mag. No. 13. 159 Passengers are desired when they enter the bridge with horses or carriages to keep on the left hand side. 1860 Harper's Mag. Dec. 92/2 Entering the wood-path, he followed it until he reached a small root-house. 1917 A. K. Reischauer Stud. Japanese Buddhism iii. 104 He was not really entering the way of true enlightenment. 1959 South Western Reporter 2nd Ser. 316 227/2 The Poindexter car did not enter the left lane. 2010 C. Brooks & C. Brooks Easy Hikes Close to Home iv. 25 Proceed..to the brown post with a white blaze, and enter the trail behind it. 18. Law. a. To make a formal visit to, or take up occupation of, a piece of land, property, etc., as a legal assertion of ownership; (hence more generally) to assume legal possession of or title to lands, property, etc. (a) intransitive. With †in, into, or without preposition. Cf. to come into —— 1b at come v. Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > enter upon possession [verb (intransitive)] enter1392 to come into one's own1861 1392 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 47 The saydis..sal frely entre in thair sayde landis..and joyes thaim. 1425 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 11 So þere sche..in þat place and land with all þe purtenawnce laufully entred. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 628 Roboam, Sone and next heir to Salamoun, Entryng be title off iust successioun. a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 14 Fra þat he was deid þan come his son, And enterit in þe welth þat he had won. ?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student viii. f. xx^v Though his successoure haue ryght to the lande, yet he maye not entre. 1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 186 If after the death of the father, a stranger..entreth into his land by force. 1714 G. Jacob Accomplish'd Conveyancer I. 48 He doth forfeit the Land, and the Heir may enter. 1762 Royal Mag. Feb. 67/1 When of age, he entered into a landed estate of 600l. a year. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Entry This entry into lands is where a man enters into or takes possession of any lands, etc., in his proper person. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 375 Upon the death of the testator his sister entered and married. 1824 O. Pickering Rep. Supreme Court Mass. 1 221 Accepting the estate free of dower, and entering into and enjoying it for several years. 1956 Arkansas Hist. Q. 15 291 Rector could also enter into and take possession of the improvements of any tenant who should default in payment. 2000 C. Brennan Praetorship in Rom. Republic I. v.132 The device of missio in possessionem, an authorization for one party in a suit to enter into the property of another. (b) intransitive. With on, upon. ΚΠ 1430 in S. A. Moore Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Johannis Baptiste de Colecestria (1897) II. 410 (MED) Thomas Knevet..entered up on Robert the abbot of Saint Johnes hows of Colchestre in to certeyn londes [etc.]. 1470 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 47 I will that myn feffeis and myn executo^rs entre vppon hym and put hym owth. 1583 A. Marten tr. P. M. Vermigli Common Places iii. iv. 139/1 The heire may straitwaie enter vpon the inheritance. 1618 W. Attersoll Comm. Fourth Bk. Moses xxxvi. 1259/2 Teach euery man to..not enter vpon the possessions of other. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 48 It shall not be lawfull for any woman to enter upon the goods of the dead. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 263. ⁋6 I shall immediately enter upon your Estate for the Arrear due to me. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iii. viii. 543 The right of an heir or executor to enter upon the estate which belonged to a person deceased. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 355 The proprietor..shall not..distrain, or enter upon the lands purchased, for the purpose of compelling payment of the rent. 1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 599 Ausfrid, the Priest, entered forcibly upon this land of Ralph's. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 5/2 A stranger enters upon the lands before the entry of the heir or devisee and keeps the latter out of possession. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1198/2 The father died and the bastard entered on his land. 2009 B. Levick in M. Griffin Compan. Julius Caesar xv. 210 Octavius took the name C. Julius Caesar on entering upon his inheritance. †b. transitive. Scottish. With in or to. To put (a person) legally in possession or occupation of lands, property, etc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1419 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 45 The said Schir Jon answert at he wes lauchfullie entryt in that land. 1522 in W. C. Dickinson Sheriff Court Bk. Fife (1928) 257 The schiref decernit ane precept wyth ane officiar to pas, entir, & bekene the said lady to hir terce landis. 1694 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 250 George Baillie.., who holds few of the said burgh..hes commensed a process against the said burgh for entering him in the forsaids burgage landis. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. ii. ix. 117 The obtainer of the decree may..enter him to the possession. 19. a. intransitive. Of a window: to open upon (formerly also with in to). Of a door, room, road, etc.: to give access to, lead into, on to. ΚΠ c1404 Confession Abbot Beeleigh in Misc. Exchequer (P.R.O.: E 163/6/28) m. 15 A wyndowe entring in to þ^e chapell. a1661 R. Bargrave Trav. Diary (1999) 208 Hence we passd into another long Gallery, furnishd with abundance of Pictures in rich uniform Frames; & this enters into the Queens Biliard Roome. 1794 Case Petitioners for Roads in Eastern District Stirlingshire 23 A toll-bar was placed just within the road entering to the county town of Stirling from the Kerses and ferries. 1845 J. P. Hiester Notes of Trav. 115 My chamber window enters upon a platform guarded by a railing. 1915 Pacific Reporter 143 1186/1 He asked for and obtained permission from appellant to change the position of the gate entering into the field from the Virginia Road. 2002 E. Walters Road Trip 53 My father held open the door... The door entered onto the main lobby. b. transitive. Of a door, road, etc.: to give access to (a place); to lead into. ΚΠ 1682 H. Keepe Monumenta Westmonasteriensia 34 By whom lies Walter Wenlock.., having a decent Marble-stone plated, and laid over him by the South Door entering the Chappel of St. Edward. 1764 Eng. Illustr. I. 26 At a village called Streatly..the Roman way, called Ickenild Street,..enters this county. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 285/1 From Fort Henry..a road entered the village, stopping first to unite itself with another wagon-way, now famous as the Wynne's Ferry road. 1904 ‘Cape Times’ Law Rep. 13 157/2 The defendant said that the door entering his room was left wide open. 1979 Antiquaries Jrnl. 59 265 A modern bridle-path enters the hillfort through the north-west entrance and then turns due south. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) viii. 273 The..police could do nothing more than put up pieces of yellow plastic warning tape across roads entering rich neighborhoods. †20. Scottish. a. intransitive. To present oneself at a court of justice. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1411 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 31 We bad the parteis ramwif and fynd borrowis til entire and heir the determinacioun of the court. 1499 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 106 The said John was amerciat for his nonentra and to entir to the nixt court. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 328 Gif he fand nocht cautioun to enter..that he sould be put to the horne and banist. b. transitive. To produce or present (a person) to a court of justice; (also) to place in custody. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1432 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. 15 Dec. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) He enterit nocht Thom Mason as he that was pleg to enter him to the chalans of Patrik Walas. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3265 Til his cowrt he ȝheid rycht swytht, And of þe laf þat enteryt war Iustice he did ewynlyk þar. 1505 in D. Littlejohn Rec. Sheriff Court Aberdeenshire (1904) I. 50 Robert Dogud..enterit Andro Elisone before the said Shiref deput thar till ansuer to the borgh. 1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. B Hauing enterit in Waird Schir George Dowglas,..he send for the said Erle of Angous. 21. transitive. Of a man: to insert the penis into the vagina of (a woman) or (occasionally) the anus of (a man or woman). Also occasionally of a male animal: to mate with, penetrate (a female). In earliest use intransitive with to or into and more general reference: †to have sexual intercourse (with a woman) (obsolete). Cf. penetrate v. 5d. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > copulate to go to (the) bull (also cow, horse, etc.)a1393 entera1425 makea1522 lime1555 match1569 generate1605 copulate1632 fere1632 strene1820 pair1908 mate1927 to saw a chunk off1961 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > copulate with entera1425 alignc1425 line1495 cover1535 serve1577 befilth1593 topa1616 back1658 strenea1728 mate1932 service1947 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxxviii. 8 Entre thou to [L. Ingredere ad] the wijf of thi brothir..that thou reise seed to thi brothir. 1564 tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Fruitfull & Learned Comm. f. 227 He entred into her. This Hebrew forme of speaking signifieth carnall fellowship, namely that he had to do with her. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 21 A female asse which hath beene entred by a male asse. 1607 C. Tourneur Reuengers Trag. ii. i. sig. C4 That woman is all male, whome none can Enter. 1740 Dialogue between Married Lady & Maid iii. 30 His Thing stiff and red, he was just going to try to enter me, when we heard the Key turn in the Door. 1772 W. Cullen Lect. Materia Medica 153 The male [bird], too, enters the female. c1890 My Secret Life I. ix. 250 I had no sooner entered her than her breath shortened, she clasped me tight, quivered and wriggled, and we both spent. 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture v. 200 I reached under to spread her legs, and started to enter her, slowly and with as much patience as I thought the situation warranted. 1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Feb. 51/1 He is very well-endowed and it is virtually impossible for him to enter me. 2003 A. Sheridan Time & Place 13 I entered him without difficulty, then lay down over him. 2011 M. Roffey With Kisses of his Mouth 348 A woman on her knees, a man entering her from behind. 22. a. transitive. To put (something) into something else; to put in, insert, introduce. Frequently with into, at, in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] to do ineOE to put ina1300 insetc1374 to throw ina1382 inducec1420 intriec1420 to set ina1425 tryc1440 enter1489 insert1529 turn1544 insere1557 infer1572 input1593 intromitc1600 introduce1695 to run in1756 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 623 Yis lettir sall I entyr heyr. 1569 T. Copley tr. St. Basil of Caesarea in R. Pole Treatie Iustification ii. f. 52^v The lions could not once enter their teeth into him. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. iii. i He much perplexed is..Where to make choice to enter his rugg'd saw. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 125 Enter the edge of the Draw-knife into the work. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 419 In any Hole on the sides of the Root they enter the Point of the Hook. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 29 You must enter the hook at the tail of the worm. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 260 It is therefore politic to enter the wedge by this end. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i. i. 38 A special care is needed lest we enter something into the meaning from ourselves. 1920 Commerc. Vehicle 1 Sept. 83/2 While the axle is drawn forward, enter it into the hole. 1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps xiv. 149 The die is hardened and entered into a soft steel roller. 2017 Herald (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 July I entered the needle into his arm. b. transitive. Backgammon. To place (a piece) back on the board after it has been taken up by one's opponent, by rolling a number corresponding to an available point in the opponent's home board. Also intransitive. ΚΠ a1672 F. Willughby Bk. of Games (2003) 124 If B have his tables bound up and A have a man or men to enter, the tables must bee Opened or Broken, for if B should keepe his tables bound up it were impossible for A to enter. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xxvii. 158 You must enter if at all upon the low points which keeps you backwards. 1748 E. Hoyle Backgammon in Penny Cycl. III. 240/2 If you bear any number of men, before you entered a man taken up..such men, so borne, must be entered again in your adversary's tables. 1819 W. Green Backgammon Teacher 36 Odds for or against entering 2 Men, at one Throw. 1941 M. Hopper Backgammon 46 Black only has three open points to enter on. 1972 Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 12 July a5/1 Black failed to enter his man from the bar. 2004 Independent 8 May 59 It would take me 13(!) rolls to enter my man from the bar. III. To put down in writing, and related senses. 23. a. transitive. To put down in writing in a book, list, record, etc.; to write down; to record or describe in writing. Frequently with in, into, on.With quot. 1812 cf. to enter to a person's credit at credit n. Phrases 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > consult a table [verb (intransitive)] enter1389 society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record writeOE setc1175 embreve?c1225 enrolc1350 enter1389 rollc1400 enact1467 act1475 enchroniclea1513 ascribe1532 re-enter1535 to put down1574 register1597 inscroll1600 emologea1639 spread1823 to book in1860 to sign on1879 log1889 sign1894 to sign out1916 to sign in1924 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 48 (MED) A Clerke to wryten and entryn..þe Names and þe nessessarijs of þe gild. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. l. 261 I was markid wiþoute mercy, & myn name entrid In þe legende of lif longe er I were. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 157 Þei [sc. all the mynstrell] ben..entred in his bokes as for his owne men. a1500 (?1397) G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Digby 72) (1872) ii. Suppl. §44. 54 Consider thy rote furst..& entere hit in-to thy slate for the laste merydye of December. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20 To entre their copyes truely in the lordes courte rolles. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Thales in Panoplie Epist. 196 Such discourses, as you have already with painefull pen entered into paper. 1624 in Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 1900–1 20 560 Enter their names in ye Store bailiff's book. 1668 M. Hale in H. Rolle Abridgment des Cases Pref. 8 Let him enter the Abstract..into his Common-place Book. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. C viij The Publisher..has duly entred this Book in the Register of Stationers-hall, London. 1783 E. Burke in 9th Rep. Select Comm. Admin. Justice Bengal, Bahar & Orissa iii. 34 He did not..think it proper to enter his Answer on the Records. 1812 Examiner 28 Sept. 624/1 They..determined to enter goods to people who never had any dealings. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. App. i. 398 Parish churches are entered in the ancient record of Domesday. 1894 H. Tucker New Arcadia xvii. 130 Two girl-clerks entered the goods against the applicants' names. 1915 G. R. Guild & F. C. Test Militia Field Man. iv. 59 The First Sergeant enters the names of sick men on the sick book. 1959 Manch. Guardian 25 May 9/2 The amount entered in the ledger tallies with the amount of money paid in. 1994 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 7 291 Should a dictionary enter a racially or ethnically offensive word? 2006 S. Slater & H. Basch RV Vac. for Dummies (ed. 3) v. xxv. 379 A diary for road pilgrims to enter their experiences on Route 66. b. transitive. To register the details of (goods being imported or exported) or of (an incoming or outgoing vessel) with customs authorities. ΚΠ 1436 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 4 After the cumming in of ony schip enteret in the tolbuith with quheit mele rye malt beir or any vitailes or viuouris. 1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. f. lxiii^v Thay haue enterit thair gudis in the Tolbuith. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile To Earle of Pembroke sig. A2^v Such as..like Merchants with their goods, enter them, before they ship them. ?1693 Jrnl. Passages relating to East-India Trade 9 They would have Entred their Ships at the Custom-House. 1720 London Jrnl. 4 Mar. 4/2 A Ship was Entered at the Custom House with Fruit. 1775 London Evening-post 14–16 Mar. Frequently merchants entered more goods than they exported, to save the trouble of fresh entries. 1839 Times 26 June 4/6 The number of vessels entered inwards was 561, with a tonnage of 124,000 tons... The number of vessels entered outwards was 541, with a tonnage of 116,000. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. xi. 331 The teas entered for consumption. 1932 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. 33/2 He returned to his ship at noon yesterday, after entering the vessel at the Custom House. 2006 Shipping Digest (Nexis) 30 Oct. Brokers do not have to formally enter the goods through Customs until they arrive at destination. c. transitive. Law. To place (a verdict, judgement, etc.) in a court record. Also with up. Cf. docket v. 2. ΚΠ 1651 C. G. Cock Eng.-law 43 Others enter up Judgement without Warrant. 1692 Act 4 William & Mary c. 20 §2 in Statutes of Realm (1819) VI. 412 No Judgment not doggetted and entred in the Bookes..shall affect any Landes or Tenementes as to Purchasers or Mortgagees. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §48 54 Corruptions by the Way, use not to be entered up upon Record. 1782 J. Impey New Instructor Clericalis 378 A warrant of attorney should be given to the attorney by the plaintiff..to enter up satisfaction on record. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Judgment Which Judgment..is..binding; provided the same..be regularly docketed; that is, abstracted and entered in a book. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. 414 A judge's order authorizing the plaintiff to enter up judgment and issue execution. 1896 Law Rep.: Five Years' Digest 679 The deft failed to appear, and judgment was entered. 1931 Scotsman 3 July 7/3 The duty of the Court was to enter up the verdict in favour of the defender. 2014 Modaq Business Briefing (Nexis) 25 Dec. At first instance judgment was entered in the Seligs' favour. d. transitive. U.S. To file a claim on (public land) by registering oneself at a land office as the intending occupier or owner. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [verb (transitive)] > assert ownership of demand1485 assert1652 enter1733 vindicatea1859 file1871 1733 G. Burrington in Cal. State Papers 1733: Colonial Ser.: Amer. & W. Indies (1939) 2 A gentleman liveing in Virginia, reputed rich, and owner of above 100 slaves, desired to enter 5000 acres of land. 1799 Columbian Centinel (Boston, Mass.) 1 July 3/1 Real Estates, entered at the Register of Deed's Office. 1835 in H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio (1847) 387 Much land was entered in the county, and many settlements made. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xiv. 100 Out there, a settlement usually takes its name from the person that first ‘enters the land’, i.e. buys a tract at the land office. 1884 H. Butterworth Zigzag Journeys Western States 217 ‘What does it usually cost to make a farm on government land?’.. ‘It costs fourteen dollars to enter one hundred and sixty acres of land.’ 1916 J. A. Brown Hist. Cottonwood & Watonwan Counties I. vi. 170 Robison, at the Marshall land office, entered the land known as lot No. 1. 2001 R. K. Newmyer J. Marshall & Heroic Age of Supreme Court i. 38 Some 41,000 acres were entered in Marshall's name alone. e. transitive. to enter up: to complete a series of entries in (a book or record) so as to keep it up to date; to put (entries) into a book or record for this purpose. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > enter in an account set1154 brevea1377 scorec1386 post1622 to give credit1725 journalize1766 to enter up1835 statement1984 1835 1st Ann. Rep. Poor Law Commissioners 68 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 500) XXXV. 107 The churchwardens..shall..punctually enter up and accurately keep the..books of account. 1872 Lunacy: Copy 26th Rep. Commissioners 45 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 279) XXVII. 1 The medical visitation book had not been properly entered up. 1920 B. North Chem. Textile Students xiii. 102 The weights and results should always be entered up in a notebook. 1969 T. Gambling One-year Accounting Course II. ii. 32 You are required to enter up these commencing balances. 2008 H. Lunt Fund. Financial Accounting xi. 365 A ledger account is drawn up that is entered up with the known figures. f. transitive. To input (text, figures, or other data) into a calculator, computer, database, etc. ΚΠ 1926 Jrnl. Educ. Res. 13 75 The reciprocal of N..is entered into the keyboard of the calculating machine. 1951 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 5 233 The operator of the computer will be able to choose (before entering his problem) between two distinct modes of operation. 1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 173/3 As text is entered, inserted and deleted, WordStar 2000 automatically reformats text to the current margins. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 July (Sports section) 6/1 You will have to enter the user name and password that corresponds to your account. 24. a. transitive. To submit officially or formally, esp. in writing; to have (a protest, objection, statement, etc.) officially recorded; (hence more generally) to offer, put forward, lodge.Sometimes spec., esp. in to enter a protest: (of the minority opposing a motion in a deliberative body, esp. the House of Lords) to record (a written statement of dissent) on the official journals or minutes. See protest n. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [verb (transitive)] > lodge document in court enter1425 enrol1495 file1511 affile1512 encorpore1523 box1789 1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §13. m. 5 Besechying mekely unto your hie and noble grace, þat þis my supplication..may be in þis your parlement entred, and of record enacte. ?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 60 (MED) And affterwarde kome the Erle off Salysbury and prayed that he myht have his protestacion entred ayens the Lorde Morle. 1641 in J. E. T. Rogers Protests of Lords (1875) I. 6 We do protest our disassents to this vote, and do thus enter it as aforesaid. 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Whatever protestation you might enter to the contrary. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 139 I enter'd no caution about it to the Reader. 1728 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 86 A motion..made for entring a protest against the above order. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 ii. 202/1 A protest was entered against a signed list, pretending to be sent by Lord Forbes. 1826 Philadelphia Recorder 17 June 47/1 They are..required..to enter a statement of their proceedings at every meeting. 1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif ix. 290 He entered his decided protest against the system of the Schoolmen. 1922 Pop. Radio Aug. 273/1 Suppose the Smith Manufacturing Co. enters an application for a radio license. 1960 Listener 23 June 1114/1 I must enter a protest against commentators. 1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 23 Apr. 3 a/5 Dickerson, Inc., of Monroe N.C.,..entered a low bid of $335,360. 2008 L. Lovelock & J. Evans New South Wales Legislative Council Pract. xii. 384 The right to enter a protest is limited to those who were present. b. transitive. Law. To present (a legal action, court order, plea, etc.) to a court in the correct form, usually in writing. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > lay before court leadc825 presenta1325 pursue1384 propone1400 to put in1447 enterc1503 table1504 to bring in1602 deduce1612 lodge1708 lay1798 to bring up1823 c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. li/1 Entryd serteyn accions of dette ayenst your sayde oratour. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 129 Chrysostome may enter action against him of slaunder and defamation. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 1 Master Phang, haue you entred the action? View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Hawkins Clerk's Tutor 169 Carry your Writ to the Office..who will return your Writ, and enter it. 1709 W. Nelson Rights Clergy Great Brit. 134 Caveat entered in the Court of Chancery that a Patent should not pass. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 47 Four clerk-sitters, who enter actions, take bails, receive verdicts after trials, etc. 1820 Morning Chron. 29 Nov. I should not be at liberty to enter a warrant of attorney. 1884 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 9 23 The defendant..entered a caveat. 1931 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. ii. 1/1 Toombs appeared and entered a plea of ‘no contest’. 1974 N.Y. Times 14 May l20/3 I would like to enter a writ of prohibition. 2016 Pakistan Law Reporter (Nexis) 19 Nov. Mr. K. F. Manavalan entered caveat for the respondents. 25. a. transitive. To register as a competitor or entrant in a race, contest, etc.; to put into a competition.Originally simply a specific application of sense 23a, with reference to putting down a name on an official list of competitors, initially in the context of horse racing. ΚΠ 1684 London Gaz. No. 1938/4 The first Horses to be shown and entred there a week before for this year. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3832/4 The Horses to be enter'd..14 days before. 1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 19 Sept. The Pink cutter, of Burnham, was entered, but did not start. 1820 Sporting Mag. Jan. 198/1 More horses are entered for the stakes this year than were ever entered before. 1855 2nd Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 209 The carrots entered by Mr. Dodge were on half an acre of land on which corn grew the year before. 1938 Boys' Life July 8/1 Coach Berry..had entered him in the competition. 1973 Suburbanite Economist (Chicago) 2 May e6/7 They can even give themselves a Mother's day gift by entering themselves in the contest. 2004 J. Lindley Handicapping iv. 84 The horse is entered in the race by the trainer. b. intransitive. To register oneself as a competitor or entrant in a race, contest, etc.; to put oneself, or something one owns, into a competition. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete or rival [verb (intransitive)] > enter a contest to strike in1632 enter1702 to go in1822 1702 London Gaz. No. 3839/4 The Contributors to enter their Horses..with the Steward,..paying one Guinea entrance, all others that enter to pay 5 Guineas. 1840 Mag. Hort. June 237 Any persons may enter for the prizes of any of the classes. 1855 2nd Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 170 Having entered as a competitor for the greatest crop of Indian corn on one acre, [etc.]. 1934 Pittsburgh Courier 12 May 9/6 Choirs of all kinds are entering in the competition. 1970 Daily Tel. 15 May (Colour Suppl.) 10/3 There was a competition..called ‘Be a Millionaire’... Friends told me to have a go. I entered and won. 1986 Irish Times 10 Nov. 13/5 Any student who has never debated formally is free to enter for the contest. 2012 A. Caetta & K. Lomheim Geenie & the Weenie Race (e-book, accessed 13 July 2017) Sam noticed all sorts of Dachshunds that entered in the race. c. transitive. To register as a competitor or entrant in (a race, contest, etc.); to submit an entry for (a competition). ΚΠ 1755 Connoisseur No. 63. 376 Gentlemen, like the ancient charioteers, begin to enter the race themselves, and ride their own horses. 1878 Spirit of Times 19 Jan. 661/2 No record be given a colt to bar him entering any races, until he was four years of age. 1886 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 29 June Commodore Canfield has decided to let the Priscilla enter the race without an extra coat of pot lead. 1908 Observer 23 Aug. 8/5 To encourage aeroplanists..to enter a flying machine contest. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 194 I was entering a national under-21 short-story competition. 2008 Independent 18 Aug. 5/1 His father..was only a weekend yachtie when he entered the first Whitbread Round-the-World Race. Phrases P1. to enter into (another's) labours and variants: to take or enjoy the benefits of what has been done by (another). [After post-classical Latin intrare in laborem (Vulgate) and its model Hellenistic Greek εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς τὸν κόπον (New Testament); compare quot. c1384.] ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John iv. 38 Othere men traueliden, and ȝe entriden in to her trauelis [L. in laborem eorum introistis; Gk. εἰς τὸν κόπον αὐτῶν εἰσεληλύθατε]. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diii They laboured..the wynyarde..& we haue entred into their labours, takyng the frute of the same. 1581 T. Sampson Briefe Coll. Church 31 The successors of the Apostles..do build vpon the foundation of the Apostles, and doe enter into their labours. 1618 W. Attersoll Comm. Fourth Bk. Moses vii. 453/2 These they attained vnto, partly by their own labour, and partly by entring into the labours of others. 1754 Liberty 84 They, in Effect, enter into the Labours of the Righteous and Industrious. 1825 G. Kennedy Philip Colville 271 They laboured and suffered—and we have entered into their labours and joys. 1915 Outlook 2 June 274/2 The genuine fighters labor, and care not if the more cautious ‘safety-firsters’ enter into their labors. 1972 Times 9 Aug. 14/6 You have laboured, but others can enter into your labours. P2. to enter (into, †in, †to) religion: to become a monk or nun; to devote oneself to a religious life. Cf. sense 1. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French entrer en religion (13th cent.; French entrer en réligion), Anglo-Norman entrer religion (14th cent. or earlier).] ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 284 (MED) He þat wil entre to religioun schulde not biholde to hem þat ben yuel. ?c1430 (c1400) Rule St. Francis (Corpus Cambr.) in F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif (1880) 40 Þe mynystris prouyncials, to whom only..be grauntid leue to resceyue freris..Ȝif..here wyues ben entrid in-to religion. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. l. 1469 (MED) Iulian..Entred religioun..Vnder a colour of fals ipocrisie. 1525 R. Whitford tr. Hugh of St. Victor Expos. i. in tr. St. Augustine Rule f. ix Suche persones as in the worlde whan they entred religyon had ony substaunce of worldly goodes. 1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. xxx Byfore he entre in religion he muste forsake all. a1631 J. Donne Iuuenilia (1633) sig. E1 The Allegoricall death of entring into Religion. 1712 Daily Exercise & Devotions for Young Ladies 238 Those religious persons..did for the most part enter religion with out losing their innocence. 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 388 Our great man was entered in Religion, as they called it. 1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 32 364 We must enter into religion and be made nuns by will or by force! 1888 ‘Bernard’ From World to Cloister 9 If he enter religion. 1908 T. Slater Man. Moral Theol. for Eng.-speaking Countries I. vi. 354 Clerics, even those who have been educated in a diocesan seminary for the secular priesthood, and even parish priests, may enter into religion. 2012 I. P. Wei Intellect. Culture Medieval Paris i. 16 Goswin subsequently entered religion, becoming a leading monastic reformer. †P3. to enter (into) arms: to take up arms; to (prepare to) make war or do battle with or against. Also figurative. Cf. arms n. 3b. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. G.iij He hath reered warre, he is entered into armes, he prouoketh you alreadie to battell. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxx. f. 353^v Argon the Tartarian, entring armes against his vncle Tangodor Caui. 1594 Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. F Nay, my bellowes, my coletrough, and my water shall enter armes with you for our trade. 1698 R. C. Prodigals Pilgrimage 12 Many Kings and Princes for her sake Should enter into Arms, and undertake A Mortal War. †P4. to enter foot: to go into a place, area, etc.; to set foot. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1579 G. Gates Def. Militarie Profession 17 By armes also, hath the Lorde God of hostes entred foot in Belgia. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 141 When first thou enter'st foot to plow thy land. P5. to enter into (also †in) a person's head (also mind), (later more typically) to enter a person's head (also mind): (of a thought, idea, etc.) to occur to a person, to cross a person's mind. Chiefly in negative contexts. Cf. senses 15a(b), 15d(b). ΚΠ 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. vi. 163 Gherardo..protested, that neuer any disloiall thought had entred his minde. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iii. 71 It never entered into his mind..to impose the Spanish Inquisition upon the Low-countreys. 1684 J. Stewart Let. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 220 Nor nefer lowt the thoughts of it entr in may mind. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 284. ⁋1 When this Humour enters into the Head of a Female. 1766 G. Keith Let. 29 Apr. in D. Hume Lett. (1932) II. 365 The Donquixotisme you mention never entered my head. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 201 It never enters his head to lie under the walnut-tree here. 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xv. 121 The idea that Lady Mason was guilty had never entered her head. 1956 A. Valentine Trial Balance ii. xii. 245 It did not enter his mind that friendships so casual and easily renewable could be had only with people like himself. 1997 Pop. Sci. Oct. 37 (advt.) It's only normal that thoughts of such eyeball-flattening performance would enter into the mind of the street rider. 2001 Guardian 2 Jan. 9 Cynics may suggest that he can only draw naked people ‘at it’. The thought never entered my head. P6. to enter (into) the fray: to join a conflict or fight; (more generally) to start participating in an activity or situation, esp. one characterized by competition, disagreement, etc. Also with contextualizing word preceding fray. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 1698 W. Whitfeld Disc. Enthusiasm 19 Wild Beasts are not so savage, as Christians differing about Religion. And we enter the Fray not without the loss of that for which we engage so fiercely. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iii. 327 My Landlord himself entered into the Fray, and embraced that Side of the Cause which seemed to stand very little in need of Assistance. 1839 Penny Mag. 6 Apr. 131/2 Their arms also they hold up above their heads on entering the fray, as they would be very apt to be broken from the extreme pressure of such a mass. 1914 Sunset Oct. 672/2 His insistence on entering the fray before any need has arisen on the part of his ally. 1990 CU Amiga Apr. 8/2 US Gold are entering into the fray—as they join Grandslam, Activision and Virgin Mastertronic in the race to produce the top-selling licence for this year's World Cup. 1992 European Trav. & Life May 17/1 Rumors spread that opera's numero uno might actually enter the political fray. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Apr. d1/1 This week, a new Web news site is entering the fray. P7. to enter commons: see commons n. Phrases 3. to enter the lists: see list n.³ 9b. Compounds enter key n. Computing On a keyboard: a key which is used to execute a command, confirm the entry of keyed text, or (esp. in a word processor) simulate a carriage return; cf. return key n. at return n. Compounds 5.A typical keyboard has both an enter key and a separate return key, but in most systems the two function identically. ΚΠ 1955 Appl. Electronics: Proc. (Railway Syst. & Procedures Assoc.) 157 To lock out the checking feature, the lockout key must be depressed simultaneously with the enter key. 1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 183/2 It makes the assumption that end-users are inexperienced and begins by exercising the Cursor, Enter and PageUp keys. 2013 Custom PC Mar. 52/2 The half-height Enter key is the only transgression when it comes to key layout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † enterprep. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enter, Anglo-Norman and Middle French entre between (end of the 10th cent. in Old French; French entre ) < classical Latin inter inter prep. Obsolete. rare. Between. ΚΠ tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. l. 455 Northward of feruent ground, southward of colde, And enter bothe, of hilly lond they wolde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : † enter-prefix < n.¹c1547n.²1966v.c1275prep.?1440 see also
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