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Synonyms

emplane

American  
[em-playn] / 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

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

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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.

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Sedov by then was about to emplane for New York.

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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.*

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After six days of picking his way through Manila's rubble in the heavy heat of Luzon, Maryland's Senator Millard Tydings, the Senate's expert on U.S. territories, abruptly emplaned for home.

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On Sunday, after 36 hours out of doors, Ike emplaned for Washington.

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In his rumpled Panama, with an upturned brim, he did some more sampling, and emplaned for Seattle.

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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.

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

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

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

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