Embark
[ɪm'bɑːk;em-] or [ɪm'bɑrk]
Definition
(verb.) go on board.
(verb.) set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); 'she embarked upon a new career'.
Typist: Mabel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
(v. t.) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.
(v. i.) To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
(v. i.) To engage in any affair.
Checker: Velma
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Put on shipboard.[2]. Engage, enlist.
v. n. [1]. Go on shipboard.[2]. Engage, enlist, enter upon, take the first step.
Typist: Suzy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Launch, euler, start
ANT:Arrive, anchor, land
Checked by Cathy
Definition
v.t. to put on board ship: to engage in any affair.—v.i. to go on board ship: to engage in a business: to enlist.—n. Embarkā′tion a putting or going on board: that which is embarked: (obs.) a vessel.—p.adjs. Embarked′; Embark′ing.—n. Embark′ment.
Editor: Ned
Examples
- He had schemed, if he failed in his present attempt, without taking leave of any of us, to embark for Greece, and never again to revisit England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I rescinded my orders for the troops to go out to destroy the Weldon Railroad, and directed them to embark for Washington City. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- O'Dowd goes in command, and we embark from Chatham next week. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The order was passed down for them to embark. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Hundreds of Moors come to Tangier every year and embark for Mecca. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He would embark in a balloon; he would sail for a distant quarter of the world, where his name and humiliation were unknown. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- One of the sons of Murad I embarked on an intrigue with Andronicus, the son of the Greek Emperor, to murder their respective fathers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After which it embarked upon a long-impending struggle with the persistently imperialist House of Lords. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Turks adopted violent repressive measures, and embarked upon massacres of Bulgarians on an enormous scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Once self-supported by conscience, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, the true Christian never yields. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A heavy rain made this mode of travelling now incommodious; so we embarked in a steam-packet, and after a short passage landed at Portsmouth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My whole prospects have been embarked in it, with the expectation that I should before this time have realized something from it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No man that had embarked upon it would return across that dreary ice cap. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The General replied, of course I must obey, and said his men were embarking as fast as they could. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Well, I said, I do not know; but as I came by Clarksville General Smith's troops were embarking to join you. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Embarking would be easy, but the vision of open sea that might come after was alarming. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I knew the enemy had crossed over from Columbus in considerable numbers and might be expected to attack us as we were embarking. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They had been seen on the Tower Wharf that morning, embarking on board the steamer bound for Rotterdam. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He fled last night to Bruges, and embarks today from Ostend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I must take the view, your Grace, that when a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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