Entrain

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive. archaic, countable, transitive, uncountable

    "[T]he greater number of reasonable people attributed the want of entrain and dullness of the whole thing to the presence of Monsignore ——."

Verb
  1. 1
    To draw (something) along as a current does. transitive

    "water entrained by steam"

  2. 2
    To get into or board a railway train. intransitive, poetic, transitive

    "There were two further unscheduled stops, one at a small station, Skalice, where a small party of tourists entrained, and at Břeclav, a junction and customs post on the Austrian frontier."

  3. 3
    board a train wordnet
  4. 4
    To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid. transitive

    "In certain cases, it is possible to entrain enough of the solids continually in the effluent gas stream and then to disentrain them again away from the bed."

  5. 5
    To put aboard a railway train. transitive

    "to entrain a regiment"

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  1. 6
    To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation. transitive
  2. 7
    To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes. figuratively, transitive
  3. 8
    To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior). transitive

    "There are several neurofeedback-related approaches that make use of auditory and/or visual stimulation (AVS) to entrain or disentrain brain electrical activity."

  4. 9
    To draw, induce, or bring about. literary, rare, transitive

    "Thou muſt doe well, / Faith true obtaine: / Wit none repell, / Friend déere entraine."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From en- + train.

Etymology 3

From French entrain, a deverbal from entraîner (“to charm, enthuse”) or a derivation from être en train (“to be in a good mood”).

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