entrain
verb
[ ɪnˈtreɪn ]
• board a train.
• "arriving in Bombay, they entrain and travel up the country"
entrain
verb
• (of a current or fluid) incorporate and sweep along in its flow.
• "convection does not entrain liquids very far"
• (of a rhythm or something which varies rhythmically) cause (another) gradually to fall into synchrony with it.
• "electrical control is entrained throughout the stomach via adjacent muscle cells"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘bring on as a consequence’): from French entraîner, from en- ‘in’ + traîner ‘to drag’.
entrain
noun
• enthusiasm or animation.
Origin:
French, from the phrase être en train (de ) ‘be in the process (of), be in action’.
