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in (†a) train
17. Sequence, order, or arrangement for some result; connected order; course, process. Chiefly in in (†a) train.
a. With descriptive adjective, as good, fair, etc. Now somewhat archaic.
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1524 Sir T. More in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 256 To use th'erle of Angwish for an instrument to wryng and wreste the maters in to bettre trayne.
1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. xlii. 82 Every~thing in good train and order.
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares viii. xlvii. 215 He had dispos'd, in some good traine, His home affaires.
1746 Fool (1748) II. 23 The Affairs of Europe hereby put in a happy Train.
1796 P. Will tr. C. Grosse Horrid Myst. III. viii. 209 ‘Our affairs are in an excellent train!’ the Count whispered to me, while our kind host opened the door.
1842 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1883) II. 114 I am..desirous to get on with my History, which is..in a fair train.
1920 E. V. Lucas Adventures & Enthusiasms 264 By delaying his arrival until the affair is in good train he takes his proper part as a London entertainer; that is to say, he is there when he is wanted.
1938 G. Heyer Royal Escape xvi. 398 All must be in good train before he again leaves the safety of my house.
1981 J. Aiken Stolen Lake v. 120 ‘Matters are in excellent train,’ he told them. ‘I have had a most affable message from Queen Ginevra, instructing me to wait on her at two.’
b. Without descriptive adjective. Frequently in to set (also put) in train.
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?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce x. 256 The fayre Diana or Moone shall arise, setting you in traine and order to go and to inuade our enimies.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 260 Our men..were now in traine of winning the fielde.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. 3 Concerning the Thoughts of man, I will consider them first Singly, and afterwards in Trayn, or dependence upon one another.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vii. 228 It is not enough, that a Man has Ideas clear and distinct..he must think in train.
1776 E. Pendleton Let. 31 July in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 190 Mr. Taylor delivered your Message..but I have not mentioned it, as things were in such a train, as will not admit of that Plan.
1813 C. Cuthbertson Adelaide II. xx. 418 Montagu set in train an exchange from General Harley's regiment.
1822 Ld. Byron Let. 4 Apr. (1979) IX. 203 I will try (as Executor, if I am so) to put your business in a train for settlement—as early as possible.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay x. 164 Putting matters in train for the election.
1920 Printers' Ink 7 Mar. 197/2 (advt.) A magazine now in train for publication is in the market for travel stories of Europe, the Mediterranean and Great Britain.
1954 R. J. Hammond Food & Agric. in Brit. iii. 42 Arrangements for feedstuffs rationing had been in train for some months.
1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions iv. xxx. 439 It remained only for the bride's relatives to choose which of the two selected dates..they preferred and the arrangements for the ceremony would at once be put in train.
2007 G. H. Jamieson Visual Communication iv. 72 The veneration of national flags which can set in train emotive responses that defy formal analysis.
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