embarge
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish embargar 'to arrest' and English barge 'to force'.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /əmˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əmˈbɑːdʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Verb[edit]
embarge (third-person singular simple present embarges, present participle embarging, simple past and past participle embarged)
- (transitive) To put in a barge.
- (intransitive) To board a barge; to embark.
- 1843, Frederick William Fairholt, Lord Mayors' Pageants, page 152:
- [...] where the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and their attendants take barge; also the Grocers Company do likewise embarge, [...].
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to put in a barge
to board a barge
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Noun[edit]
embarge (plural embarges)
- (rare) An embargo.
- 1979, Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Japan's Case Examined, page 174:
- This embarge is termed a moral one because it imposes no legal restraints upon would-be exporters, for there are no statutes providing for this.
Translations[edit]
embargo — see embargo
References[edit]
- "[1]" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 1996.