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debark

[dih-bahrk]

Origin

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to disembark.

Origin:
1645–55; < French débarquer, equivalent to dé- dis-¹ + barque bark³ + -er infinitive suffix

Related forms

de·bar·ka·tion

[dee-bahr-key-shuhn] , noun

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verb (used with object)

to remove the bark from (a log).

Origin:
1735–45; de- + bark²

Related forms

de·bark·er, noun

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World English Dictionary

debark¹ (dɪˈbɑːk)

—vb
	a less common word for disembark

[C17: from French débarquer, from dé-dis¹ + barquebarque]

debarkation¹

—n

debark² (diːˈbɑːk)

—vb
	(tr) to remove the bark from (a tree)

[C18: from de- + bark²]

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Word Origin & History

debark

1650s, from Fr. débarquer, from de- (O.Fr. des-; see dis-) + barque "bark" (see bark (n.2)).

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