Embarkment

em·bark  (m-bärk)

v. em·barked, em·bark·ing, em·barks

v.tr.

1. To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.

2. To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.

v.intr.

1. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.

2. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour.

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[French embarquer, from Late Old French, probably from Medieval Latin imbarcre : Latin in-, in- + barca, boat.]

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embar·kation, em·barkment n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

embarkment - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft boarding, embarkation departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing