To train by practice; to employ, put into action or movement, for the sake of acquiring skill or strength; to drill (soldiers, etc.), to put through…

transitive. To exercise, practise; to discipline, drill; to wield, bring into play (a weapon).

transitive. To exercise (a person) in an activity for the acquisition or improvement of proficiency in it; to train, drill. With in, †to. Now archaic…

transitive. To coach (a person or group); to train or tutor in a discipline, for a future event, etc.

transitive. To teach (a person) by rote or mechanical repetition; to drill or train like a parrot. Usually in passive. Obsolete.

transitive. ? To drill or train.

transferred and figurative. To train or instruct as with military rigour and exactness. Const. into, in, to, and infinitive. (Also intransitive for…