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Synonyms

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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Sedov by then was about to emplane for New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.*

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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.

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

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

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

Smiling a trifle grimly, like a man about to practice his admonitions, Harry Truman emplaned for Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Secretary of State Dulles emplaned for the Philippines.

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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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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

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

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