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<note>&hand; If the <i>embargo</i> is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a <i>hostile embargo</i>; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a <i>civil embargo</i>.</note>

<h1>Embargo</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bar"go</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embargoed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embargoing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.</def>

<h1>Embark</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bark"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embarked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embarking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>embarquer</ets>; pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>barque</ets> bark: cf. Sp. <ets>embarcar</ets>, It. <ets>imbarcare</ets>. See <er>Bark</er>. a vessel.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; <as>as, he <ex>embarked</ex> his fortune in trade</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul <b>embarked</b> his salvation. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Embark</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bark"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; <as>as, the troops <ex>embarked</ex> for Lisbon</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To engage in any affair.</def>

<blockquote>Slow to <b>embark</b> in such an undertaking. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Embarkation</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em`bar*ka"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; <as>as, the <ex>embarkation</ex> of troops</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is embarked; <as>as, an <ex>embarkation</ex> of Jesuits</as>.</def>

<i>Smollett.</i>

<h1>Embarkment</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bark"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>embarquement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Embarkation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Middleton.</i>

<h1>Embarrass</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bar"rass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Embarrassed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Embarrassing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>embarrasser</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>embarazar</ets>, Pg. <ets>embara<?/ar</ets>, Pr. <ets>barras</ets> bar); pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + LL. <ets>barra</ets> bar. See <er>Bar</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; <as>as, laughter may <ex>embarrass</ex> an orator</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; <as>as, business is <ex>embarrassed</ex>; public affairs are <ex>embarrassed</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; <as>as, a man or his business is <ex>embarrassed</ex> when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To <er>Embarrass</er>, <er>Puzzle</er>, <er>Perplex</er>. We are <i>puzzled</i> when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are <i>perplexed</i> when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are <i>embarrassed</i> when there is some <i>bar</i> or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is <i>puzzled</i> by a difficult sum; a reasoner is <i>perplexed</i> by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so <i>embarrassed</i> before strangers as to lose his presence of mind.</syn>

<h1>Embarrass</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em*bar"rass</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>embarras</ets>. See <er>Embarrass</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Embarrassment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>