enship

verb — 2 senses

enship

verb

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”).

1

To put aboard a ship.

2

To travel or send by ship.

  • […] but to my surprise we had orders for India and were to enship within three weeks.2013, Mary Fitzgerald, The Love of a Lifetime, page 342:
Synonyms
embark

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