embarge

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US/əmˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/UK/əmˈbɑːdʒ/

verb

To put in a barge.

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impose
OriginSpanish embargar →
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Meanings

verbembarge (third-person singular simple present embarges, present participle embarging, simple past and past participle embarged)

present singular third person embarges · participle present embarging · participle past embarged · past embarged

  1. transitiveTo put in a barge.
  2. intransitiveTo board a barge; to embark.

    [...] where the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and their attendants take barge; also the Grocers Company do likewise embarge, [...].

    1843, Frederick William Fairholt, Lord Mayors' Pageants, page 152
nounembarge (plural embarges)

plural embarges

  1. rareAn embargo.

    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.

    1979, Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Japan's Case Examined, page 174

Synonyms & antonyms

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impose

Origin

  1. Spanishembargar
  2. Englishembarge

From Spanish embargar 'to arrest' and English barge 'to force'.

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Translations

Danish læsse, indskibe
  • læsseto put in a barge
  • indskibeto put in a barge
  • gå ombordto board a barge
Dutch inladen, inschepen
  • inladento put in a barge
  • inschepento board a barge
Finnish lastata proomuun, nousta proomuun
  • lastata proomuunto put in a barge
  • nousta proomuunto board a barge
French embarquer, embarquer
  • embarquerto put in a barge
  • embarquerto board a barge
  • monterto board a barge
German an bord verladen, an bord gehen
  • an bord verladento put in a barge
  • an bord gehento board a barge
Greek επιβιβάζω, επιβιβάζομαι
  • επιβιβάζω (epivivázo)to put in a barge
  • επιβιβάζομαι (epivivázomai)to board a barge
Portuguese embarcar, embarcar
  • embarcarto put in a barge
  • embarcarto board a barge
Russian грузи́ть на ба́ржу, сади́ться на ба́ржу
  • грузи́ть на ба́ржу (gruzítʹ na báržu)to put in a barge
  • сади́ться на ба́ржу (sadítʹsja na báržu)to board a barge
Spanish imponer
  • imponerto put in a barge
Swedish embarkera
  • embarkerato board a barge

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with embarge

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Cite this entry
APA

embarge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarge

MLA

“embarge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embarge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarge.

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