enplane

American  

[en-pleyn] / ɛnˈpleɪn /

verb (used without object)

enplaned, enplaning

1. to board an airplane.

   We enplaned in New York at noon and arrived in Washington an hour later.

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verb (used with object)

enplaned, enplaning

1. to allow to board or put on board an airplane.

   We will be enplaning passengers shortly.

enplane British  

/ ɛnˈpleɪn /

verb

1. (intr) to board an aircraft

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Other Word Forms

• enplanement noun

Etymology

Origin of enplane

First recorded in 1940–45; en- ¹ + plane ¹

Example Sentences

Many new terminals�e.g., at Dulles, Idlewild, Seattle, Rome, O'Hare�are split-level designs to speed passenger traffic: air travelers deplane on the lower level, enplane on the second story, keep out of one another's way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ponderously, an official announcement said the King would "enplane"* for the trip back to Sandringham.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet before we're through, corporations will seek your advice, little magazines will print your monographs on such arcane subjects as forensic medicine and epistemology, newspapers will publish your utterances as you enplane for conferences abroad.

From Time Magazine Archive