entrain
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incessantadjective
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
En·train′ transitive verb
Origin: F. entrainer.
To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.
En·train′ transitive verb
Origin: Pref. en- + train.
To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment. Recent, Eng.
En·train′ intransitive verb
To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station. Recent, Eng.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54