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en⋅train

1[en-treyn]
–verb (used without object)
1. to go aboard a train.
–verb (used with object)
2. to put aboard a train.

Origin:
1880–85; en- 1 + train


en⋅train⋅er, noun

en⋅train

2[en-treyn]
–verb (used with object)
1. Chemistry. (of a substance, as a vapor) to carry along (a dissimilar substance, as drops of liquid) during a given process, as evaporation or distillation.
2. (of a liquid) to trap (bubbles).
3. Meteorology. to transfer (air) into an organized air current from the surrounding atmosphere (opposed to detrain ).

Origin:
1560–70; < MF entrainer, equiv. to en- en- 1 + trainer to drag, trail; see train


en⋅train⋅ment, noun
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en·train 1   (ěn-trān')   
tr.v.   en·trained, en·train·ing, en·trains
  1. To pull or draw along after itself.

  2. Chemistry To carry (suspended particles, for example) along in a current.


[French entrainer, from Old French : en-, in; see en-1 + trainer, to drag; see train.]
en·train'er n., en·train'ment n.
en·train 2   (ěn-trān')   
v.   en·trained, en·train·ing, en·trains

v.   intr.
To go aboard a train.
v.   tr.
To put aboard a train.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: en·train
Pronunciation: in-'trAn
Function: transitive verb
: to determine or modify the phase or period of entrained by a light cycle> —en·train·ment /-'trAn-m&nt/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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