embark
verb (used without object)
to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
reembark
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a word derived from
embark.
Example Sentences
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At this juncture Butler's orders to reembark arrived, and no assault was made.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
By a mixture of firmness and tact he not only prevented any assault on our citizens, but persuaded the Colombian commander to reembark his troops for Cartagena.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt
The question of trying to hold out until reenforcements arrived was considered, but ultimately it was decided to retreat to the shore and to reembark.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
Before three in the morning he awaked them, and they were soon ready to reembark.
From Lost in the Fog by James De Mille
But that officer penetrated only to the Puerto de Pinas, the limit of Balboa's discoveries, when the bad state of his health compelled him to reembark and abandon his enterprise at its commencement.
From History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas by William Hickling Prescott
