Definition of "embark" []

• To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers. (verb-transitive)
• To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise. (verb-transitive)
• To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey. (verb-intransitive)
• To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The dark trauma that followed Flo's death inspired Zaka embark on a documentary project, a tribute to the life of his friend."
• "For years, the regulators of the global money supply ignored the advice of their top experts, probably because it would require them to do something unheard of, namely embark on a fundamental change in direction."
• "Em - is a common prefix, found in words such as embark, embed, embody, emboss, embrace, and embroil."