[ad. Fr. entraîn-er, f. en- (L. inde) away + traîner to drag.] trans. To draw away with or after oneself; in early use fig. to bring on as a consequence; in mod. use lit. but rare.
1568. T. Howell, Arb. Amitie (1879), 40. Faith true obtaine … Friend deere entraine.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, III. v. (1632), 471. Yeares entraine me if they please: but backward.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., Ded. You entrain Humility and Integrity for your Retainers.
1698. Vanbrugh, Æsop, II. i. The Stomach … with its destiny entrain’d their fate.
1835. Lytton, Rienzi, IV. ii. 198. Thou wert entrained to the slaughter.
1858. Mayne Reid, in Chamb. Jrnl., IX. 172. Entrained in the crowd.
1881. J. Hill, in Metal World, 8 Oct., 342. Independent of the water entrained.
