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To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.

Same as Embarkation.

To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.

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…

To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

The act of disembarking.

Disembarkation. [R.]

To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate. To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott.

Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.

A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.

Not embarrassed. Specifically: --

Freedom from embarrassment.

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. A long and awkward process. Macaulay. An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust. C. J. Smith.