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embarkation

or em·bar·ca·tion

[ em-bahr-key-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1635–45; from French embarcation, from Spanish embarcación; equivalent to embark + -ation

Such is the picture of the hasty embarkation, given by some of the attendants on the royal family.

Newton, as soon as his father was settled and his own affairs arranged, called upon his uncle previous to his embarkation.

But this hour or two of embarkation, in which so much really happened, left little impression on my mind.

From the officers' deck the picture of embarkation appeared in outline rather than in detail.

The embarkation was made not without difficulty, for the banks were partly flooded and the boat could not get in near enough.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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