English Explanatory Dictionary

enship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To put aboard a ship.
  2. To travel or send by ship.

Word forms

enship enships enshipping enshipped inship

Etymology

Alteration of earlier inship, equivalent to in- + ship. Compare West Frisian ynskipje (“to board a ship”), Dutch inschepen (“to ship, embark”), German einschiffen (“to ship, embark”), Danish indskibe (“to ship, embark”), Swedish inskeppa (“to ship, embark”).

Synonyms

embark
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