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de⋅train

[dee-treyn]
–verb (used without object)
1. to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
2. Meteorology. to transfer air from an organized air current to the surrounding atmosphere (opposed to entrain ).

Origin:
1880–85; de- + train


de⋅train⋅ment, noun
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de·train   (dē-trān')   
intr. & tr.v.   de·trained, de·train·ing, de·trains
To leave or cause to leave a railroad train.
de·train'ment n.
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