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imbargo

imbargo is the archaic form of embargo.

Meaning of embargo

Noun

embargo (plural embargoes or embargos)

  1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
  2. A ban on trade with another country.
    • Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
  3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.
    • This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
    Synonyms:
    blockade
  4. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
    • They were delighted with the idea of their mamma having forgiven Louisa, but sorry, she thought, such a public proof of her pardon necessary as that of giving a party; for the sisters well knew how great an embargo it would lay on the purses of Helen and Georgiana;...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 44

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Forms of imbargo

Noun
pluralimbargos
pluralimbargoes
Verb
third-person singular presentimbargoes
present participleimbargoing
past participleimbargoed
pastimbargoed

Questions about imbargo

What is imbargo the archaic form of?
Imbargo is the archaic form of embargo.

Words near imbargo in the dictionary

  1. imbar
  2. imbarge
  3. imbarged
  4. imbarges
  5. imbarging
  6. imbargo
  7. imbargoed
  8. imbargoes
  9. imbargoing
  10. imbargos
  11. imbark

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imbargo (page history and authors); embargo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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