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EN'TER, L. inter, intra, whence intro, to enter. The L. inter seems to be in, with the termination ter, as in subter, from sub.
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.
EN'TER, To go or come in to pass into as, to enter a country.
1. To flow in as, water enters into a ship.
2. To pierce to penetrate as, a ball or an arrow enters into the body.
3. To penetrate mentally as, to enter into the principles of action.
4. To engage in as, to enter into business or service to enter into visionary projects.
5. To be initiated in as, to enter into a taste of pleasure or magnificence.
6. To be an ingredient to form a constituent part. Lead enters into the composition of pewter.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Enter'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/e/enter.html.
Entry for 'Enter'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/e/enter.html.
