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embarkment

embarkment noun: embarkation; the act of setting out.

Noun

embarkment (countable and uncountable, plural embarkments)

  1. embarkation; the act of setting out
    • he removed from his Cuman to his Pompeian villa, beyond Naples, which, not being so commodious for an embarkment, would help to lessen the suspicion of the intended flight.1741, Conyers Middleton, The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Forms of embarkment

pluralembarkments

Origin of embarkment

From French embarquement.

Questions about embarkment

What does embarkment mean?
Embarkment means embarkation; the act of setting out.
What part of speech is embarkment?
Embarkment is a noun.
What is the plural of embarkment?
The plural of embarkment is embarkments.

Words near embarkment in the dictionary

  1. embarkers
  2. embarkest
  3. embarketh
  4. embarking
  5. embarkings
  6. embarkment
  7. embarkments
  8. embarks
  9. embarn
  10. embarned
  11. embarning

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