verb
Meaning 1
To put aboard a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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Standard Lemma guide
inship
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/inˈʃip/
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/ˈinˌʃip/
verb
Meaning 2
Alternative form of enship (“to travel or send by ship”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To ship in from abroad; to import.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From 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”).
From in- + ship.