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em⋅plane

  [em-pleyn]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -planed, -plan⋅ing.
enplane.
Origin:
em- 1 + (air)plane

en⋅plane

  [en-pleyn] verb, -planed, -plan⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to board an airplane: We enplaned in New York at noon and arrived in Washington an hour later.
–verb (used with object)
2. to allow to board or put on board an airplane: We will be enplaning passengers shortly.
Also, emplane.

Origin:
1940–45; en- 1 + plane 1

Related forms:
en⋅plane⋅ment, noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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em·plane   (ěm-plān')   
v.  Variant of enplane.
en·plane   (ěn-plān')   
intr.v.   en·planed also em·planed, en·plan·ing also em·plan·ing, en·planes also em·planes
To board an airplane.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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