Embark /(?)/

Em·bark

Embark

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Embarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking

  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.

Embark

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.