v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embarred p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking. ] [ Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo. ] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. [ 1913 Webster ]

He embarred all further trade. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Embarkation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in a barge. [ Poetic ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embargoed p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing. ] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Embargoes [ Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar. ] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To engage in any affair. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slow to embark in such an undertaking. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embarquement. ] Embarkation. [ R. ] Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embarrassed p. pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing. ] [ F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embaraçar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See Bar. ] 1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to make (a person) unpleasantly self-conscious; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- abash, discompose, disconcert, discomfit, chagrin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.

Syn. -- To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass, Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]