Embark

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To engage in any affair.

II. Embark ·vt To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

III. Embark ·vi To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.

IV. Embark ·vt To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, ·etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.