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–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 bark³

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em·bark Audio Help   (ěm-bärk') Pronunciation Key
v.   em·barked, em·bark·ing, em·barks

v.   tr.

To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.
To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.

v. intr.

To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
embark

1550, from M.Fr. embarquer, from barque "small ship" (see bark (n.)).

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embark
verb
1.	go on board [ant: debark]
2.	set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career"
3.	proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" [syn: venture]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
embark [imˈbaːk] verb

to go, or put, on board ship
Example: Passengers should embark early.

Arabic:	يَرْكَبُ سَفينَةُ
Chinese (Simplified):	上（船、飞机等）
Chinese (Traditional):	上(船、飛機等)
Czech:	nalodit (se)
Danish:	gå ombord
Dutch:	aan boord gaan
Estonian:	laevale minema, lastima
Finnish:	astua laivaan, viedä laivaan
French:	(s')embarquer
German:	sich einschiffen
Greek:	επιβιβάζομαι
Hungarian:	behajóz
Icelandic:	setja, *fara um borð
Indonesian:	naik kapal
Italian:	imbarcare, imbarcarsi

Japanese:	乗船する
Korean:	승선하다; 탑승시키다
Latvian:	kraut kuģī; kāpt uz kuģa
Lithuanian:	sėsti, *sodinti į laivą
Norwegian:	gå om bord, ta om bord
Polish:	wsiadać na statek
Portuguese (Brazil):	embarcar
Portuguese (Portugal):	embarcar
Romanian:	a (se) îmbarca
Russian:	садиться на корабль
Slovak:	nalodiť (sa)
Slovenian:	vkrcati (se)
Spanish:	embarcar
Swedish:	gå (ta) ombord
Turkish:	binmek

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Embark

Em*bark"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel.]

1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.

It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. --South.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Embark

Em*bark"\, v. i. 1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.

2. To engage in any affair.

Slow to embark in such an undertaking. --Macaulay.

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