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Enter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To go or come in; to pass into; as, to enter a country.

2. To flow in; as, water enters into a ship.

3. To pierce; to penetrate; as, a ball or an arrow enters into the body.

4. To penetrate mentally; as, to enter into the principles of action.

5. To engage in; as, to enter into business or service; to enter into visionary projects.

6. To be initiated in; as, to enter into a taste of pleasure or magnificence.

7. To be an ingredient; to form a constituent part. Lead enters into the composition of pewter.

Enter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To move or pass into place, in any manner whatever; to come or go in; to walk or ride in; to flow in; to pierce or penetrate. A man enters a house; an army enters a city or a camp; a river enters the sea; a sword enters the body; the air enters a room at every crevice.

2. To advance into, in the progress of life; as, a youth has entered his tenth year.

3. To begin in a business, employment or service; to enlist or engage in; as, the soldier entered the service at eighteen years of age.

4. To become a member of; as, to enter college; to enter a society.

5. To admit or introduce; as, the youth was entered a member of College.

6. To set down in writing; to set an account in a book or register; as, the clerk entered the account or charge in the journal; he entered debt and credit at the time.

7. To set down, as a name; to enroll; as, to enter a name in the enlistment.

8. To lodge a manifest of goods at the custom-house, and gain admittance or permission to land; as, to enter goods. We say also, to enter a ship at the custom-house.

Enter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps.

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.

Enter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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. To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 preemption.

11. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."

12. To initiate; to introduce favorably.

Enter- Webster's Dictionary 1913

A prefix signifying between, among, part.

Enteradenography [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.

Enteradenology [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.

Enteralgia [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pain in the intestines; colic.

Enterdeal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Mutual dealing. [Not in use.]

Enterdeal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mutual dealings; intercourse.

Entered [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Moved in; come in; pierced; penetrated; admitted; introduced; set down in writing.

Entered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Enter

Enterer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who makes an entrance or beginning.

Enteric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.

Entering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Entrance; a passing in. Latin Thes. 1.

Entering [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Coming or going in; flowing in; piercing; penetrating; setting down in writing; enlisting; engaging.

Entering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Enter

Enteritis [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An inflammation of the intestines.

Enterlace [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ENTERLACE , [ See Interlace .]

Enterlace [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Interlace.

Entermete [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To interfere; to intermeddle.

Entermewer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.

Entermise [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mediation.

Enterocele [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In surgery, intestinal hernia; a rupture of the intestines.

Enterocele [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

Enterocoele [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.

Enterography [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.

Enterolith [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An intestinal concretion.

Enterology [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A treatise or discourse on the bowels or internal parts of the body, usually including the contents of the head, breast and belly.

Enterology [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The science which treats of the viscera of the body.

Beginning Roget’s Thesaurus §66

N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation, introduction, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset, brunt, initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise, bud, germ, egg, rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy, start, inception, creation, starting point, dawn, evolution, title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door, gate, gateway, postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule, propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, abce

V. begin, start, commence, conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept, initiate, launch, inaugurate, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train, broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start, handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the rubicon, cross the rubicon, open fire, open the ball, ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence

Adj. beginning, initial, initiatory, initiative, inceptive, introductory, incipient, proemial, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative, embryonic, rudimental, primogenial, primeval, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, begun, just begun

Adv. at the beginning, in the beginning, &c. n, first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine

Phr. let's get going, let's get this show on the road, up and at 'em, aller anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt

Ingress Roget’s Thesaurus §294

N. ingress, entrance, entry, introgression, influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption, ingression, penetration, interpenetration, illapse, import, infiltration, immigration, admission, insinuation, insertion, inlet, way in, mouth, door, &c. (opening) 260, barway, path, conduit, immigrant

V. have the entree, enter, go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in, set foot on, ingress, burst in upon, break in upon, invade, intrude, insinuate itself, interpenetrate, penetrate, infiltrate, find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into, give entrance to, insert

Adj. incoming

Record Roget’s Thesaurus §551

N. trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, acts of, transactions of, proceedings of, hansard's debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, congressional records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, winchester disk, read-only memory, rom, write once read mostly memory, worm

V. record, put on record, place on record, chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity, keep up the memory, commemorate, report, write, commit to writing, reduce to writing, put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white, put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down, note, minute, put on paper, take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum, make a return, mark, sign, enter, book, post, post up, insert, make an entry of, mark off, tick off, register, enroll, inscroll, file, burn into memory, carve in stone

Adv. on record

Phr. exegi monumentum aere perennium, "read their history in a nation's eyes", "records that defy the tooth of time"

Accounts Roget’s Thesaurus §811

N. accounts, accompts|, commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic, statistics, money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account, books, account book, ledger, day book, cash book, pass book, journal, debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account, account current, balance, balance sheet, compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts, profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts, bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning, audit, accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter, financier, accounting party, chartered accountant, certified accountant, accounting firm, auditing firm

V. keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over, take stock, balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts, make accounts square, square accounts, bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify, audit, field audit, check the books, verify accounts, falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account

Adj. monetary, accountable, accounting

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Genesis 6:18

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:9

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:13

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

Genesis 7:15

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

Genesis 7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 12:11

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

Genesis 12:14

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Genesis 19:3

And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Genesis 19:23

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

Genesis 31:33

And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

Genesis 41:46

And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 43:30

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

Genesis 49:6

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Exodus 12:23

For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

Exodus 12:25

And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

Exodus 19:2

For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 28:29

And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.

Exodus 28:35

And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.