embarge
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editembarge (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
editTranslations
editto put in a barge
to board a barge
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Noun
editembarge (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
editembargo — see embargo
References
edit- "[1]" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 1996.
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