Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embark \Em*bark"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarked}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Embarking}.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque
   bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See {Bark}. a vessel.]
   1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on
      shipboard.

   2. 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.