See Also: compendious(dictionary)
pre-register(dictionary)
register(1)(dictionary)
register(2)(dictionary)
Register(money)
register(medicine)
register(3)(dictionary)
register 1, noun(dictionary)
parish register(dictionary)
Pen Register - General(gambling)

register(3) (iou) and compendious (iou)


register(3) (iou)



register verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French registrer or medieval Latin registrare, from registrum REGISTER noun1.]
verb trans.
a. Set down (a fact, name, etc.) formally or officially, esp. in Writing; enter or record accurately. Also (transf.), make a mental note of. LME.
Daily Telegraph The..share markets registered record falls. R. F. Hobson A message has been..registered..and responded to. M. Seymour The temptation to register a last protest was too strong.
b. Set (a person) down for or as something. L16-E17.
spec.
a. verb trans. Formally enter or cause to be entered (a document, fact, name, etc.) in a particular register. LME.
J. Higgins The name on the stern was L'Alouette, registered Granville. J. Marsh Catherine's birth..does not seem to have been registered.
b. verb refl. Enter oneself in a register. E16.
c. verb trans. & (usu.) intrans. Enter the name of (a guest or visitor) in the register of a hotel or guest-house; enter one's name in such a register. Orig. US. M19.
Rolling Stone We..registered at the Airport Inn.
d. verb intrans. Enter oneself or have one's name recorded in a list of people, as being of a specified category or having a particular eligibility or entitlement. M20.
P. D. James Lady Berowne..registered..under the National Health Service.
a. verb trans. Of an instrument: record by some automatic device; indicate. L18.
b. verb trans. Of a person: indicate or convey (a feeling or emotion), esp. by facial expression. E20.
J. T. Story Her face registering terrible disappointment.
c. verb intrans. (Of a person, esp. a Film actor) portray a role with conviction; (of an idea or emotion) be successfully communicated, be convincing. Also, (of a feeling, thought, utterance, etc.) make an impression on a person's mind, produce a desired effect. Freq. foll. by on, upon, with. E20.
A. T. Ellis She had been so apprehensive..nothing had registered.
d. verb intrans. Produce a response or appear on a recording or measuring instrument. M20.
Belfast Telegraph The appropriate light will not register.
verb trans. & intrans. Rope-making. Form (a strand) by the use of a register. L18.
a. verb intrans. Coincide or correspond exactly. M19.
b. verb trans. Adjust with precision, so as to secure an exact correspondence of parts. M19.
c. Military. Sight a gun or guns on (a target); align (artillery) with a target. M20.
registerer noun L15.
regis'tree noun a person who is registered E20.

compendious (iou)



compendious adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French compendieux from Latin compendiosus, formed as COMPENDIUM: see -OUS.]
Of a route, method, etc.: saving time or space, expeditious. LME-L18.
Containing the essential facts in a small compass; comprehensive but fairly brief. LME.
compendiously adverb LME.
compendiousness noun LME.