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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
register
n
  1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
    Synonym(s): register, registry
  2. (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
  3. a book in which names and transactions are listed
  4. (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
  5. an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
  6. a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
  7. a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
    Synonym(s): cash register, register
v
  1. record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
  2. record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
    Synonym(s): file, register
  3. enroll to vote; "register for an election"
  4. be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
    Synonym(s): record, register
  5. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
    Synonym(s): read, register, show, record
  6. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
    Synonym(s): cross-file, register
  7. show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"
  8. manipulate the registers of an organ
  9. send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter"
  10. enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Register \Reg"is*ter\, v. t. (Securities)
      To enter the name of the owner of (a share of stock, a bond,
      or other security) in a register, or record book. A
      registered security is transferable only on the written
      assignment of the owner of record and on surrender of his
      bond, stock certificate, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Register \Reg"is*ter\ (r[ecr]j"[icr]s*t[etil]r), n. [OE.
      registre, F. registre, LL. registrum,regestum, L. regesta,
      pl., fr. regerere, regestum, to carry back, to register;
      pref. re- re- + gerere to carry. See {Jest}, and cf.
      {Regest}.]
      1. A written account or entry; an official or formal
            enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a
            list or roll; a schedule.
  
                     As you have one eye upon my follies, . . . turn
                     another into the register of your own. --Shak.
  
      2. (Com.)
            (a) A record containing a list and description of the
                  merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs
                  district.
            (b) A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a
                  port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing
                  the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and
                  other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel,
                  to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a
                  muniment of title.
  
      3. [Cf. LL. registrarius. Cf. {Regisrar}.] One who registers
            or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public
            officer charged with the duty of recording certain
            transactions or events; as, a register of deeds.
  
      4. That which registers or records. Specifically:
            (a) (Mech.) A contrivance for automatically noting the
                  performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process.
            (b) (Teleg.) The part of a telegraphic apparatus which
                  records automatically the message received.
            (c) A machine for registering automatically the number of
                  persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.;
                  a telltale.
  
      5. A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove,
            etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel;
            also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in
            the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney,
            for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating
            ventilation.
  
      6. (Print.)
            (a) The inner part of the mold in which types are cast.
            (b) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the
                  opposite or reverse sides of the sheet.
            (c) The correspondence or adjustment of the several
                  impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as
                  in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture
                  of paper hangings. See {Register}, v. i. 2.
  
      7. (Mus.)
            (a) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified
                  portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of
                  vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle,
                  or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor
                  register.
  
      Note: In respect to the vocal tones, the thick register
               properly extends below from the F on the lower space of
               the treble staff. The thin register extends an octave
               above this. The small register is above the thin. The
               voice in the thick register is called the chest voice;
               in the thin, the head voice. Falsetto is a kind off
               voice, of a thin, shrull quality, made by using the
               mechanism of the upper thin register for tones below
               the proper limit on the scale. --E. Behnke.
            (b) A stop or set of pipes in an organ.
  
      {Parish register}, A book in which are recorded the births,
            baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in a parish.
  
      Syn: List; catalogue; roll; record; archives; chronicle;
               annals. See {List}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Register \Reg"is*ter\ (r[ecr]j"[icr]s*t[etil]r), v. t. [imp. &
      p. p. {Registered} (-t[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Registering}.] [Cf. F. regisrer, exregistrer, LL.
      registrare. See {Register}, n.]
      1. To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly,
            as for future use or service.
  
      2. To enroll; to enter in a list.
  
                     Such follow him as shall be registered. --Milton.
  
      {Registered letter}, a letter, the address of which is, on
            payment of a special fee, registered in the post office
            and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to
            with particular care.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Register \Reg"is*ter\, v. i.
      1. To enroll one's name in a register.
  
      2. (Print.) To correspond in relative position; as, two
            pages, columns, etc., register when the corresponding
            parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly
            upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing)
            where the various colors of the design are printed
            consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is
            necessary.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Register, GA (town, FIPS 64372)
      Location: 32.36560 N, 81.88411 W
      Population (1990): 195 (76 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30452

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   register
  
      1. One of a small number of high-speed memory locations in a
      computer's {CPU}.   Registers differ from ordinary
      {random access memory} in several respects:
  
      There are only a small number of registers (the "register
      set"), typically 32 in a modern processor though some,
      e.g. {SPARC}, have as many as 144.   A register may be directly
      addressed with a few bits.   In contrast, there are usually
      millions of words of main memory (RAM), requiring at least
      twenty bits to specify a memory location.   Main memory
      locations are often specified indirectly, using an {indirect
      addressing} mode where the actual memory address is held in a
      register.
  
      Registers are fast; typically, two registers can be read and a
      third written -- all in a single cycle.   Memory is slower; a
      single access can require several cycles.
  
      The limited size and high speed of the register set makes it
      one of the critical resources in most computer architectures.
      {Register allocation}, typically one phase of the {back-end},
      controls the use of registers by a compiled program.
  
      See also {accumulator}, {FUBAR}, {orthogonal}, {register
      dancing}, {register allocation}, {register spilling}.
  
      2. An addressable location in a {memory-mapped} peripheral
      device.   E.g. the transmit data register in a {UART}.
  
  
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