enship

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verb

To put aboard a ship.

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Meanings

verbenship (third-person singular simple present enships, present participle enshipping, simple past and past participle enshipped)

present singular third person enships · participle present enshipping · participle past enshipped · past enshipped · alternative inship

  1. transitiveTo put aboard a ship.
  2. transitiveTo 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 & antonyms

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Origin

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”).

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APA

enship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enship

MLA

“enship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enship.

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