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entrain1 definition

en·train (en trān′, in-)

transitive verb

to put (troops, etc.) aboard a train

Etymology: coined after embark

intransitive verb

to go aboard a train
entrain2 definition

en·train (en trān′)

transitive verb

  1. Rare to drag along after oneself
  2. Chem. to suspend (a liquid in the form of fine droplets) in a vapor, so that the vapor will carry the liquid away, as during distillation or evaporation

Etymology: < Fr entraïner < en- (< L inde), away + trainer, to drag < OFr trahiner: see train

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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