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To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) 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.

The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.

des or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.

A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. W. Irving. The embarrassments tom co…

down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.] Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity.…

Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.

An embassy. See Ambassade. [Obs.] Shak.

Same as Ambassador. Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour, Was sent to Corinth. Chaucer. Myself my king's embassador will go. Dryden.

Same as Ambassadorial.

Same as Ambassadress.

Embassy. [Obs.] Leland.

An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon. Except your embassages have better success. Motley.

or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message. He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees. Jer. Taylor.

To bastardize. [Obs.]

To bathe; to imbathe.

To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements. [Archaic] To embattail and to wall about thy cause With iron-worded proof. Tennyson.

or battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.

Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] Chaucer.