embark

To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.

All passengers please embark now.

It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

To start, begin.

Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.

To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.

He embarked his fortune in trade.

It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.

To cover or enclose with bark.