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Webster 1913 Edition

Disembark

Disˊem-bark′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disembarked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disembarking
.]
[Pref.
dis-
+
embark
: cf. F.
désembarquer
.]
To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark;
as, the general
disembarked
the troops
.
Go to the bay, and
disembark
my coffers.
Shakespeare

Disˊem-bark′

,
Verb.
I.
To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
And, making fast their moorings,
disembarked
.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disembark

DISEMBARK

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and embark.] To land; to debark; to remove from on board a ship to the land; to put on shore; applied particularly to the landing of troops and military apparatus; as, the general disembarked the troops at sun-rise.

DISEMBARK

,
Verb.
I.
To land; to debark; to quit a ship for residence or action on shore; as, the light infantry and calvary disembarked, and marched to meet the enemy.

Definition 2024

disembark

disembark

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Verb

disembark ‎(third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

  1. To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark.
    The general disembarked the troops.
    • Shakespeare
      Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.
  2. To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or airplane; to debark.

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