('Brit') After the students were seated, the teacher 'called/took the register'. [=read a list of the students' names out loud and noted which students were there and which were not]
It took a moment for what she was saying to 'register'. [=it took a moment before I understood what she was saying]
Roast the meat for two hours or until the meat thermometer 'registers' 140 degrees.
(..) we shall lift you clean out of history, we shall turn you into gas and pour you into the stratosphere. Nothing will remain of you. Not a name in a register, not a memory in a living brain. You will be annihilated in the past as well as in the future. . This time it won't hurt you. (..)1984 1984