register
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/ noun B1- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc. · The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.
- A book of such entries.
- An entry in such a book.
- The act of registering.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events. · a register of deeds
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
Plural registers
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“‘I can, sir,’ said Haydée, drawing from under her veil a satin satchel highly perfumed; ‘for here is the register of my birth, signed by my father and his principal officers, and that of my baptism, my father having consented to my being brought up in my mother’s faith,—this latter has been sealed by the grand primate of Macedonia and Epirus; and lastly (and perhaps the most important), the record of the sale of my person and that of my mother to the Armenian merchant El-Kobbir, by the French officer, who, in his infamous bargain with the Porte, had reserved as his part of the booty the wife and daughter of his benefactor, whom he sold for the sum of four hundred thousand francs.’ A greenish pallor spread over the count’s cheeks, and his eyes became bloodshot at these terrible imputations, which were listened to by the assembly with ominous silence.
“And here is Andrea Cavalcanti’s baptismal register, given by the curé of Saravezza.”
Andrea seized the certificate of his father’s marriage and his own baptismal register, and after having opened them with all the eagerness which might be expected under the circumstances, he read them with a facility which proved that he was accustomed to similar documents, and with an expression which plainly denoted an unusual interest in the contents.
“Yes, monsieur.” Villefort opened a large register, then went to a table, from the table turned to his registers, and then, turning to Morrel,
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