- OF. trahinertraïner,F. traîner, LL. trahinaretrainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See Trail
- To draw along; to trail; to drag.In hollow cubeTraining his devilish enginery.
- To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.ObsIf but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call To train ten thousand English to their side.O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.This feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to train you to your ruin.
- To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation.The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train.
- To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
- HortTo lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left.
- MiningTo trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory.
