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Webster 1913 Edition
Embark
Em-bark′
,Verb.
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 tradeIt was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul
embarked
his salvation. South.
Em-bark′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage;
as, the troops
. embarked
for Lisbon2.
To engage in any affair.
Slow to
embark
in such an undertaking. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Embark
EMB`ARK
,Verb.
T.
1.
To put or cause to enter on board a ship or other vessel or boat. The general embarked his troops and their baggage.2.
To engage a person in any affair. This projector embarked his friends in the design or expedition.EMB`ARK
,Verb.
I.
1.
To engage in any business; to undertake in; to take a share in. The young man embarked rashly in speculation, and was ruined.