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entrain

The English word “entrain” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To draw (something) along as a current does.
  2. To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.
  3. To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.
  4. To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
  5. To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior).
  6. To draw, induce, or bring about.
  7. To get into or board a railway train.
  8. To put aboard a railway train.

noun

  1. Spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive.

Etymology

From Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner /entrainer), from en- + trainer (“to pull, drag”).

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