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embarkation

or em·bar·ca·tion

[ em-bahr-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌɛm bɑrˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act, process, or an instance of embarking.

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Origin of embarkation

1635–45; < French embarcation < Spanish embarcación. See embark, -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM embarkation

non·em·bar·ka·tion, nounre·em·bar·ka·tion, noun

Words nearby embarkation

embar, embarcadero, embarcation, embargo, embark, embarkation, embarkment, embarras, embarras de richesses, embarrass, embarrassing

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Example sentences from the Web for embarkation

Another minute and all four were aboard the embarkation they had so lately abandoned,—once more saved from the perils of the deep!
The Ocean Waifs|Mayne Reid
Here the wheat was scanty and of poor quality, and the buyers had sent very little to their port of embarkation—Rosario.
The Argentine in the Twentieth Century|Albert B. Martinez
Now I will return to the point of my embarkation on the galley Generalizia in the port of Malamocco.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
As the officer issued his order for embarkation, there was a momentary commotion.
The Pacific Triangle|Sydney Greenbie

A public breakfast was given by their constituents at the port of embarkation, at which Mr. Sharland presided.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)|John West

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