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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.
(transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
(transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
He embarked his fortune in trade.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter:
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.
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