EMBARCATION
Em`bar*ca"tion, n.
Defn: Same as Embarkation.
EMBARGE
Em*barge", v. t.
Defn: To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.
EMBARGO
Em*bar"go, n.; pl. Embargoes. Etym: [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest,
restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar.
See Bar.]
Defn: An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.
Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.
EMBARGO
Em*bar"go, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Embargoing.]
Defn: To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; — said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
EMBARK
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.]