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embarked
[
em-
bahrk
]
Origin
em·bark
/
ɛmˈbɑrk
/
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[
em-
bahrk
]
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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.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Origin:
1540–50;
<
Middle French
embarquer
<
Spanish
embarcar,
equivalent to
em-
em-
1
+
-barcar,
verbal derivative of
barca
bark
3
Related forms
re·em·bark,
verb
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Word Origin & History
embark
1550, from M.Fr. embarquer, from barque "small ship" (see
bark
(n.)).
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