Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EMBARK
embark, ship
(verb) go on board
venture, embark
(verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; “We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)
To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
To start, begin.
(transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
(transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
Synonyms
• (on a boat or ship): make sail
Antonyms
• disembark
Anagrams
• bemark
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.] Etym: [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.
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.
Em*bark", v. i.
1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
2. To engage in any affair. Slow to embark in such an undertaking. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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