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Definitions

• (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
• (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
• (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
• (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
• (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
• (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
• (law) To become effective; to come into effect.
• (legal) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
• (transitive) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.
• to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
• (transitive) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
• to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
• (transitive) To initiate; to introduce favourably.