re-embarkv.
/ˌriːᵻmˈbɑːk/, /ˌriːɛmˈbɑːk/, U.S. /ˌriəmˈbɑrk/, /ˌriɛmˈbɑrk/ 1. intransitive. To board a ship again; (hence in extended use) to board any vehicle again. Occasionally with in, on. Also: to embark for a destination again. Also figurative.
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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > embark or take ship > again
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1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. v. 35 We had made our accompt to reembarke and depart.
1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie 60 We reembarked, down the river slide, Which was most pleasant with the flowing tide.
1677 J. Evelyn tr. F. de Chassepol Hist. Grand Visiers iv. 254 They were oppressed with numbers, and forced to retreat, and reimbarque.
a1711 T. Ken Edmund vi, in Wks. (1721) II. 159 His Soul, which while he slept at Anchor lay, Began to reimbark.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cix. 265 He..reimbarked in his hackney-coach.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. v. 23 He..issued orders that the army should be in readiness next day to reimbark for Cuba.
1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 542/2 In such a cause his very selfishness is a security for his not re-embarking.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxviii. 279 I called my officers together..and prepared to re-embark.
1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer xi. 131 After re-embarking, he exasperates the monster with his pungent addresses.
1904 Times 21 July 9/1 Their Majesties..drove through Swansea, proceeding later to the landing-stage and re-embarking on board the Victoria and Albert.
1935 W. Faulkner Pylon 252 They now gazed no doubt at the police boat or whatever other boat she had reembarked in.
1975 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Relig. 43 475 Strether himself re-embarks for America knowing that he has lost his intended wife's affections.
2000 Queen's Q. (Nexis) 2 Apr. (travel section) 7 Some train passengers don't realize the return trip is unnecessary, since they must re-embark at the platform, which is near the market.
2. transitive. To put (a person or thing) on board a ship again; (also) to cause (passengers, troops, etc.) to reboard a ship. Also figurative.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > put or take on board > again
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rembarquer, to reimbarke, to put into a ship againe.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 77 It may re-imbarque themselves and you all into a deadly relapse of scorne and calamity.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 171 Goods..which..he was necessitated to reimbark.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3850/3 They were reimbarking the Troops on board the Ships.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 i. 101/1 They were..hoisted into the ship, and..re-imbarked into the boats.
1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xviii. 250 The boat having been got up, they re-embarked their instruments and provisions.
1888 J. Hunter-Duvar De Roberval iv. i. 117. To re-embark munitions, stores, and men.
1937 Amer. Hist. Rev. 42 444 The Persians..re-embarked a part of their forces including the cavalry.
1957 R. S. West Mr. Lincoln's Navy xx. 299 Butler now decided to re-embark the troops.
1992 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 17 July 3 The only passenger ferry operator at the port, decided yesterday afternoon to re-embark passengers who had been stranded at the terminal since midday and transfer them to Zeebrugge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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