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embarkment

[ em-bahrk-muhnt ]

/ ɛmˈbɑrk mənt /

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noun

an embarkation.

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Origin of embarkment

First recorded in 1590–1600; embark + -ment

Words nearby embarkment

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

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Example sentences from the Web for embarkment

"The Embarkment for Cythera" has been called the first impressionist picture.
Watteau|C. Lewis Hind
The line also did excellent work on the re-embarkment of the troops at the end of the campaign.
The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914|Edwin A. Pratt
And when the time of their embarkment came, there was not sufficient to serve their own turns.
A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557|A Gentleman of Elvas
The main body was assembled at Toulon but the embarkment was to take place at Civita Vecchia.
Military Career of Napoleon the Great|Montgomery B. Gibbs

And when the time of their embarkment came, there was not sufficient to serue their own turnes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Volume XIV (of 16)|Richard Hakluyt

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