enship en · 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”).
Meanings
- (transitive) To put aboard a ship.
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(transitive) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inship | alternative | lexicographic | |
| enshipping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enships | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| enshipped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enshipped | Tense=Past | lexicographic |