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embarkation

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em⋅bar⋅ka⋅tion

  [em-bahr-key-shuhn]
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–noun
the act, process, or an instance of embarking.
Also, embarcation.

Origin:
1635–45; < F embarcation < Sp embarcación. See embark, -ation
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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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