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inship en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /inˈʃip/

Etymology

From 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

  1. (dated, transitive) To put aboard a ship.
  2. (alt-of, alternative, transitive) Alternative form of enship (“to travel or send by ship”).
    alt of enship

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
inshipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inshipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inshipped Tense=Past lexicographic
inships Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
enship alternative lexicographic

inship en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈinˌʃip/

Etymology

From in- + ship.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To ship in from abroad; to import.
    • Louisiana producers should be interested to learn that 43 percent of the inshipped fresh beef graded less than USDA Choice. 1987, Louisiana Rural Economist, volumes 49-55, page 4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
inships Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
inshipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inshipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inshipped Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

inshipped · inshipment