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Definition of Embark
1. Verb. Go on board.
Generic synonyms: Board, Get On
Specialized synonyms: Emplane, Enplane
Antonyms: Disembark
Derivative terms: Embarkment, Ship
2. Verb. Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study). "She embarked upon a new career"
Generic synonyms: Begin, Commence, Get, Get Down, Set About, Set Out, Start, Start Out
Specialized synonyms: Take Up
3. Verb. Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers. "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"
Definition of Embark
1. v. t. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
2. v. i. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
Definition of Embark
1. Verb. To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane. ¹
2. Verb. To start, begin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embark
1. to make a start [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embark
Literary usage of Embark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"THE FAREWELL — ATTEMPT TO embark. WE had our boats to prepare now for a long and
adventurous navigation. They were so small and heavily laden as hardly to ..."
2. England: With Sketches of Society in the Metropolis by James Fenimore Cooper (1837)
"W. BRANFORD SHUBRICK, USN embark for Dover.—Straits.—Town.—Cliffs and Port.— Contrast
between England and France.—Military Works. —Shakspeare's Cliff. ..."
3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"A copy of this proclamation the Governor communicated to such agents and employees
of the Company, as were then in the Territory and preparing to embark on ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"At the coronation of Frederick II in Rome, 22 November, 1220, the emperor took
the cross from Ugolino and made the vow to embark for the Holy Land in August ..."
5. Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835 & 1836: Including a by Charles Augustus Murray (1839)
"embark for New York.— Preparations for Return to England.— embark in " The
Oxford."—Party in the Cabin. — Hill, the American Comedian. — Prosperous Voyage. ..."
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