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   entrain

   /ɪnˈtreɪn/

   verb

   • 1. (of a current or fluid) incorporate and sweep along in its flow: "convection does not entrain liquids very far"
   • ▪ cause or bring about as a consequence: formal "the triumph of a revolution was measured in terms of the social revision it entrained"
   • 2. (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"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘bring on as a consequence’): from French entraîner, from en- ‘in’ + traîner ‘to drag’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. entrainment noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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