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Webster 1913 Edition


Entrain

En-train′

,
Verb.
T.
[F.
entrainer
.]
To draw along as a current does;
as, water
entrained
by steam
.

En-train′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
en-
+
train
.]
To put aboard a railway train;
as, to
entrain
a regiment
.
[Recent, Eng.]

En-train′

,
Verb.
I.
To go aboard a railway train;
as, the troops
entrained
at the station
.
[Recent, Eng.]

Definition 2024


entrain

entrain

English

Verb

entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained)

  1. To draw along as a current does.
    water entrained by steam
  2. (chemistry) To suspend small particles in the current of a fluid.
  3. (mathematics) To set up or propagate a signal, such as an oscillation.
  4. (figuratively) To encarriage, to conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.

Etymology 2

[circa 1860] en- + train.

Verb

entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained)

  1. (poetic, intransitive) To get into or board a railway train.
  2. (transitive) To put aboard a railway train.
    to entrain a regiment
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French

Etymology

From entraîner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃tʁɛ̃/

Noun

entrain m (uncountable)

  1. spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive

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