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

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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

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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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