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Definition

to leave on a trip — especially to board a ship

she embarked upon a new career

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Confucius
As most young candidates for the pains and penalties of whaling stop at this same New Bedford, thence to embark on their voyage, it may as well be related that I, for one, had no idea of so doing.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
embarked on a dangerous voyage
C.S. Lewis -- The Voyage of the Dawn Trader

embarked = set out

] Just when things were settling down to a nice safe routine, Sadie and I embarked on our new mission.
Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
Dromio, what stuff of mine hast thou embark'd?
William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors
The simplest thing was to repair to Liverpool and embark on the first American steamer.
Henry James -- The American
Perhaps she is standing center stage at the Gaiety, ready to embark on a path where nothing is certain and she can be whoever she wishes.
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
George, with his wife, children, sister and mother, embarked for Africa, some few weeks after.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
I was literally embarked.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
Both Zinzi and I were about to embark on journeys.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
It appears to me highly important that Mr. Micawber should, from the hour of his embarkation, feel his position.
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

There was no boat off the point, nor any boat drawn up anywhere near it, nor were there any signs of the men having embarked there.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
It was his only possible alternative to killing them, yes, assuming the course he'd embarked on.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
This is the last note he'll send before they embark; he's giving it to a chaplain who came on board to see them off.
Christina Baker Kline -- Orphan Train
Mrs Clapperton had embarked on the-to her-ever-fascinating topic of her health.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
He took Nellie, eleven, and Howard, eight, and embarked with all three children on a strange and sad journey.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
-it's only fair that we run through a greatest hits, if you will, of your past just as you embark on your present.
Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby
But titling his address "Equal Justice Under Law," Taft cast aside his general reluctance to embark upon startlingly novel and dramatic approaches.
John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
I felt as if I were slipping into a holiday mood, embarked on another vicarious moral adventure, which looked as though it would be painless.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains

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