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Embarge

//əmˈbɑɹd͡ʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An embargo. rare

    "This embarge is termed a moral one because it imposes no legal restraints upon would-be exporters, for there are no statutes providing for this."

Verb
  1. 1
    To put in a barge. transitive
  2. 2
    To board a barge; to embark. intransitive

    "[...] where the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and their attendants take barge; also the Grocers Company do likewise embarge, [...]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Spanish embargar 'to arrest' and English barge 'to force'.

Etymology 2

From Spanish embargar 'to arrest' and English barge 'to force'.

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