embarked
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. [1913 Webster]
It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.— South.[1913 Webster]