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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Embargo

/ĕm-bär'-gō/ · Em·bar·go · IPA /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
01 n. 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 pr…
pl. Embargoes ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing
  1. 1.
    To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.