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English Dictionary: enter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enter
v
  1. to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"
    Synonym(s): enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
    Antonym(s): exit, get out, go out, leave
  2. become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"
    Synonym(s): enter, participate
    Antonym(s): chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel
  3. register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"
    Synonym(s): enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit
  4. be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
    Synonym(s): figure, enter
  5. make a record of; set down in permanent form
    Synonym(s): record, enter, put down
  6. come on stage
  7. take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
    Synonym(s): accede, enter
  8. put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"
    Synonym(s): insert, infix, enter, introduce
  9. set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career"
    Synonym(s): embark, enter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enter- \En"ter-\ [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See {Inter-}]
      A prefix signifying between, among, part.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enter \En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Entering}.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare,
      fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in
      between, between. See {Inter-}, {In}, and cf. {Interior}.]
      1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass
            within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to
            pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door,
            etc.; the river enters the sea.
  
                     That darksome cave they enter.            --Spenser.
  
                     I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall
                     enter heaven, long absent.                  --Milton.
  
      2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a
            member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an
            army.
  
      3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the
            legal profession, the book trade, etc.
  
      4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to
            commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new
            dispensation.
  
      5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put
            in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a
            knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a
            boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.
  
      6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or
            a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the
            particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship
            or of merchandise at the customhouse.
  
      7. (Law)
            (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual
                  possession of them.
            (b) To place in regular form before the court, usually in
                  writing; to put upon record in proper from and order;
                  as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.
                  --Burrill.
  
      8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the
            customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods),
            with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the
            customs for estimating the duties. See {Entry}, 4.
  
      9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office
            the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public
            land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf
            pre[89]mption. [U.S.] --Abbott.
  
      10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a
            book, picture, map, etc.); as, [bd]entered according to
            act of Congress.[b8]
  
      11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enter \En"ter\, v. i.
      1. To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically;
            also, to begin; to take the first steps. [bd]The year
            entering.[b8] --Evelyn.
  
                     No evil thing approach nor enter in.   --Milton.
  
                     Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not
                     enter.                                                --Is. lix. 14.
  
                     For we which have believed do enter into rest.
                                                                              --Heb. iv. 3.
  
      2. To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate;
            to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or
            participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into;
            sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the
            body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan;
            to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into
            partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land;
            the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task;
            lead enters into the composition of pewter.
  
      3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with
            into.
  
                     He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for
                     his entering into internal principles of action.
                                                                              --Addison.
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