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emplane

American  
[em-pleyn] / ɛmˈpleɪn /

verb (used with or without object)

emplaned, emplaning
  1. enplane.


emplane British  
/ ɪmˈpleɪn /

verb

  1. to board or put on board an aeroplane

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of emplane

em- 1 + (air)plane

Example Sentences

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De Gaulle went to Bone to emplane for Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he will emplane for San Francisco, to speak at the U.N.'s tenth anniversary ceremonies, and fly right back for a five-day speaking tour of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Sedov by then was about to emplane for New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Indianapolis, A. Garnett Day Jr., an official of the Disciples of Christ, was about to emplane for New York when he heard that King was calling for help.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even Boss Flynn finally announced he would emplane for the West Coast, see how things were going.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scrunched into a black overcoat, he emplaned for Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alarmed by reports from the hungry Continent, two British Cabinet Ministers emplaned for Washington, where a seething row over food split the Administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

At week's end, having bypassed Manhattan's great hotels and reserved a suite for himself at New York Hospital, the Premier emplaned for the U.S. to carry on the fight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Less than 24 hours before he emplaned for the European Security Conference in Helsinki, President Ford sent Congress a plan that he hopes will end the impasse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their mission now clarified, the two Berkeley scientists emplaned for Washington at three-thirty that morning.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In the White House, beforehand, he chatted with a group of war correspondents emplaning on a return trip to the beaches.

From Time Magazine Archive

More important, passengers emplaning at Dulles need walk only 150 feet to board the aircraft, although the plane is parked half a mile away.

From Time Magazine Archive

He will be in the U.S. only eight days before emplaning for Moscow and yet another round of summitry.

From Time Magazine Archive

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