enregister

Verb

enregister (third-person singular simple present enregisters, present participle enregistering, simple past and past participle enregistered)

1. (transitive) To record on a register.

   Synonyms:

   inregister

2. (transitive) To store in a register of the CPU.
   • Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance.
3. (transitive) To become a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").
   • Thus, by systematically labelling Singlish as 'broken English', official discourses enregister Singlish as a low-proficiency version of English and a hindrance to the nation's path toward globalisation.2022 January 13, Tong King Lee, “Spiaking Singlish: The politics of ludic English in Singapore”, in Language in Society, volume 52, number 2, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press...