embarge

English

Etymology

From Spanish embargar 'to arrest' and English barge 'to force'.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əmˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əmˈbɑːdʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

Verb

embarge (third-person singular simple present embarges, present participle embarging, simple past and past participle embarged)

1. (transitive) To put in a barge.
2. (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

• impose

Translations

to put in a barge

• Danish: læsse, indskibe (da)
• Dutch: inladen (nl), ^{(please verify)} aan boord brengen
• Finnish: lastata proomuun
• French: embarquer (fr)
• German: an bord (de) verladen
• Greek: επιβιβάζω (el) (epivivázo)
• Portuguese: embarcar (pt)
• Russian: грузи́ть на ба́ржу (gruzítʹ na báržu)
• Spanish: imponer (es)

to board a barge

• Danish: gå ombord
• Dutch: inschepen (nl)
• Finnish: nousta proomuun
• French: embarquer (fr), monter (fr)
• German: an bord (de) gehen
• Greek: επιβιβάζομαι (el) (epivivázomai)
• Portuguese: embarcar (pt)
• Russian: сади́ться на ба́ржу (sadítʹsja na báržu)
• Swedish: embarkera (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} imporre (it)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 課す (ja) (ka su)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 부과 (ko) (bugwa)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 加於／加于 (jiā yú)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} تحمیل (fa) (tahmil)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} విధించు (te) (vidhiñcu)

Noun

embarge (plural embarges)

1. (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

embargo — see embargo

References

• "[1]" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 1996.

Anagrams

• gambeer