Definitions for the word "register" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
That which registers or records.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.; a telltale.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
The inner part of the mold in which types are cast.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. i.
A stop or set of pipes in an organ.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future use or service.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. n.
To enroll; to enter in a list.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. v. i.
To enroll one's name in a register.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. n.
1 official list, e.g. Of births, marriages, and deaths, of children in a class, of shipping, of professionally qualified persons, or of qualified voters in a constituency. 2 book in which items are recorded for reference. 3 device recording speed, force, etc. 4 a compass of a voice or instrument. B part of this compass (lower register). 5 adjustable plate for widening or narrowing an opening and regulating a draught, esp. In a fire-grate. 6 a set of organ pipes. B sliding device controlling this. 7 = *cash register. 8 form of a language (colloquial, literary, etc.) Used in particular circumstances. 9 computing a memory location having specific properties and quick access time. v. 1 set down (a name, fact, complaint, etc.) Formally; record in writing. 2 enter or cause to be entered in a particular register. 3 commit (a letter etc.) To registered post. 4 (of an instrument) record automatically; indicate. 5 a express (an emotion) facially or by gesture (registered surprise). B (of an emotion) show in a person''s face or gestures. 6 make an impression on a person''s mind. [latin regero -gest- transcribe, record]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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