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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Enter \En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entering}.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See {Inter-}, {In}, and cf. {Interior}.] 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. [1913 Webster] That darksome cave they enter. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army. [1913 Webster] 3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 7. (Law) (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. (b) 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. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] 8. 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. [1913 Webster] 9. 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 pre["e]mption. [U.S.] --Abbott. [1913 Webster] 10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress." [1913 Webster] 11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: entering \entering\ adj. incoming; -- of a person or group assuming a role. Opposite of {leaving} and {outgoing}. [predicate] Syn: ingoing. [WordNet 1.5] Entering edge From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: entering n 1: a movement into or inward [syn: {entrance}, {entering}] 2: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: {entrance}, {entering}, {entry}, {ingress}, {incoming}]