En"ter,v. i.1.To go or come in; -- often within used pleonastically;also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The yearentering."Evelyn.

No evil thing approach norenterin.

Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can notenter.

For we which have believed doenter intorest.

2.To get admission; to introduce one's self;to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker orparticipant; to share; to engage; -- usually withinto;sometimes withon orupon; as, a ballentersinto the body; waterenters into a ship; heenters intothe plan; toenter into a quarrel; a merchantentersinto partnership with some one; toenter upon another's land;the boyenters on his tenth year; toenter upon a task;leadenters into the composition of pewter.

3.To penetrate mentally; to considerattentively; -- withinto.

He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for hisentering into internal principles of action.

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. SeeInter-,In, and cf.Interior.]1.To come or go into; to pass into the interiorof; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; topierce; as, toenter a house, a closet, a country, a door,etc.; the riverenters the sea.

That darksome cave theyenter.

I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed,
Shallenter heaven, long absent.

2.To unite in; to join; to be admitted to;to become a member of; as, toenter an association, a college,an army.

3.To engage in; to become occupied with; as,toenter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.

4.To pass within the limits of; to attain;to begin; to commence upon; as, toenter one's teens, a newera, 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, toenter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; toenter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

6.To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, toenter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue;toenter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifestof a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.

7.(Law)(a)To gointo 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,toenter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.Burrill.

8.To make report of (a vessel or her cargo)at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), withthe original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs forestimating the duties. SeeEntry, 4.

9.To file or inscribe upon the records ofthe land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity ofpublic land) in order to entitle a person to a right pfpreëmption. [U.S.]Abbott.

10.To deposit for copyright the title ordescription of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "enteredaccording to act of Congress."

11.To initiate; to introducefavorably. [Obs.]Shak.