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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Embark

/ĕm-bärk'/ · Em·bark · IPA /ɪmˈbɑɹk/
01 v. t. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
imp. & p. p. Embarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking
  1. 1.
    To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
  2. 2.
    To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.
    “It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.” — South.
02 v. i. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
  1. 1.
    To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
  2. 2.
    To engage in any affair.
    “Slow to embark in such an undertaking.” — Macaulay.