embar

n. Same as Embarkation. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]