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Embarked

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em⋅bark

  [em-bahrk]
Use Embarked in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
2. to start an enterprise, business, etc.
–verb (used with object)
3. to put or receive on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
4. to involve (someone) in an enterprise.
5. to venture or invest (something) in an enterprise.
Origin:
1540–50; < MF embarquer < Sp embarcar, equiv. to em- em- 1 + -barcar, v. deriv. of barca bark 3
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em·bark   (ěm-bärk')   
v.   em·barked, em·bark·ing, em·barks

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.

  2. To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.

v.   intr.

  1. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.

  2. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour.


[French embarquer, from Late Old French, probably from Medieval Latin imbarcāre : Latin in-, in- + barca, boat.]
em'bar·ka'tion, em·bark'ment n.
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Word Origin & History

embark 
1550, from M.Fr. embarquer, from barque "small ship" (see bark (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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