Both Uses of
embark
in
Middlemarch
- Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and that the sea is not within sight—that, in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.†
Chpt 2 *
- Embarking would be easy, but the vision of open sea that might come after was alarming.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(embark) to leave on a trip -- especially to board a ship