embark

CEFRB2

/ɪmˈbɑːk/

verb

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01
verb
To begin a journey or important new activity.
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verb
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To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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[S]ee them embarqued; / And tell me if the VVinds and Seas befriend them.
1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 58
It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
"This is uncommonly nice of you, Nora," he said, before she had had the chance to embark on any explanation; […]
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
Nor seek to get his patron's favour, by embarking himself in the factions of the family; to enquire after domestic simulties, their sports or affections.
1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter

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Borrowed from Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar.