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noun
Spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, transitive, uncountable
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verb
To draw (something) along as a current does.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: medicine, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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verb
To draw, induce, or bring about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, rare, transitive
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verb
To get into or board a railway train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, poetic, transitive
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Antonyms: detrain
verb
To put aboard a railway train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: detrain
verb
board a train
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: board, get on
History
From French entrain, a deverbal from entraîner (“to charm, enthuse”) or a derivation from être en train (“to be in a good mood”).
From Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner /entrainer), from en- + trainer (“to pull, drag”).
From en- + train.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
