Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To train up; educate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To train up; to educate.
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- verb transitive To
train up ;educate .
Etymologies
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From up- + train.
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Examples
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She noticed two men coming out of the station after the uptrain had gone on,” he continued slowly.
The Secret Agent; a Simple Tale Joseph Conrad 1890
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