Word Meanings - EMBARK - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. 2. To engage, enlist, or invest in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EMBARK)
- Launch
- Propel
- hurl
- embark
- expatiate
- enlarge
- Undertake
- Engage
- attempt
- enter upon
- agree
- set about
- stipulate
- project
- commence
- promise
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EMBARK)
Related words: (words related to EMBARK)
- ENTERPARLANCE
Mutual talk or conversation; conference. Sir J. Hayward. - ENTERPRISER
One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward. - PROJECTION
The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction - ENTERDEAL
Mutual dealings; intercourse. The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser. - REVERT
To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged - RETRACTOR
One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. - PROJECTMENT
Design; contrivance; projection. Clarendon. - ABOUT
On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info) - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an - PROPELLER
1. One who, or that which, propels. 2. A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. 3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer. - ATTRACTABILITY
The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones. - ENTERPRISE
1. That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak. - ATTRACTILE
Having power to attract. - ENTEROLITH
An intestinal concretion. - ENTERPLEAD
See INTERPLEAD - ADDUCE
To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. - REBOUND
1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. - ATTRACTIVE
1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton. 2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." Milton. "Attractive - ATTEMPTER
1. One who attempts; one who essays anything. 2. An assailant; also, a temper. - WITHDRAWAL
The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding. - MESENTERY
The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum - CONCENTER; CONCENTRE
To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge. - SADDUCEEISM; SADDUCISM
The tenets of the Sadducees. - COMPROMISE
promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both - DISAGREEABLENESS
The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness. - REENGAGEMENT
A renewed or repeated engagement. - UNPROMISE
To revoke or annul, as a promise. Chapman. - EXSTIPULATE
Having no stipules. Martyn. - REENTERING
The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored. - ANENTEROUS
Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.