Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embarkation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embarkation \Em`bar*ka"tion\, n.
1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the
embarkation of troops.
2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits.
--Smollett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embarkation
n : the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or
aircraft [syn: {boarding}, {embarkment}] [ant: {debarkation}]
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