verb
Meaning 1
To put aboard a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Standard Lemma guide
enship
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verb
Meaning 2
To travel or send by ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
Alteration of earlier inship, equivalent to in- + ship. Compare West Frisian ynskipje (“to board a ship”), Dutch inschepen (“to ship, embark”), German einschiffen (“to ship, embark”), Danish indskibe (“to ship, embark”), Swedish inskeppa (“to ship, embark”).