Embarkation
Pronunciation : Em`bar*ka"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.
2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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