1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South.

EMBARK
Em*bark", v. i.

1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.

2. To engage in any affair. Slow to embark in such an undertaking. Macaulay.

EMBARKATION
Em`bar*ka"tion, n.

1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.

EMBARKMENT
Em*bark"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embarquement.]

Defn: Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.