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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Embarkation

/ĕmˌ-bär-kāsh'-ən/ · Em·bar·ka·tion · IPA /ˌɛmbɑrkˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.
  1. 1.
    The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.
  2. 2.
    That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits.