'Embark' definitions:
Definition of 'embark'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Embark'
From: GCIDE
- Embark \Em*bark"\, v. i.
- 1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To engage in any affair. [1913 Webster]
- Slow to embark in such an undertaking. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Embark'
From: GCIDE
- Embark \Em*bark"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.] [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. [1913 Webster]
- It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'embark'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air-express,
- airfreight,
- airmail,
- assume,
- begin,
- board,
- commence,
- consign,
- dispatch,
- drop a letter,
- embark on,
- embus,
- emplane,
- engage in,
- enplane,
- enter,
- enter upon,
- entrain,
- expedite,
- export,
- express,
- forward,
- freight,
- get off,
- get under way,
- go aboard,
- go into,
- go off soundings,
- go on board,
- go on shipboard,
- go to sea,
- have way upon,
- initiate,
- jump off,
- launch,
- mail,
- open,
- post,
- push off,
- put off,
- put to sea,
- remit,
- sail,
- sail away,
- send,
- send away,
- send forth,
- send off,
- set about,
- set to,
- ship,
- shove off,
- start,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take ship,
- take up,
- transmit,
- weigh anchor