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enregister

verb

Etymology

From en- + register.

  1. derived from regero
  2. derived from regesta
  3. derived from registrum
  4. prefixed as enregister — “en- + register”

Definitions

  1. To record on a register.

  2. To store in a register of the CPU.

    • Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance.

  3. To become a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").

    • Thus, by systematically labelling Singlish as 'broken English', official discourses enregister Singlish as a low-proficiency version of English and a hindrance to the nation's path toward globalisation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for enregister. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA