Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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reëmbark .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb See
reëmbark .
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- verb Archaic form of
reembark .
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Examples
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But Norreys was unaware of the facts; the partisans of Don Antonio did not rise; and the English fell back to Cascaes to reimbark; having destroyed a considerable quantity of stores, and defied Spain on her own soil with
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Mr. _Lestock_ and his Division was left at _Boccachica_, with Orders to reimbark the
An Account of the expedition to Carthagena, with explanatory notes and observations Charles Knowles
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The marines, the grenadiers from Louisbourg, and some of the rangers were to reimbark in the fleet; while the ten battalions, with the artillery and one company of rangers, were to remain behind, bide the Canadian winter, and defend the ruins of Quebec against the efforts of Lévis.
Montcalm and Wolfe Francis Parkman 1858
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The intrepid boy, -- for he was not yet twenty years old, -- entered the estuary of the Shannon, sacked a mansion in the county of Clare, and did not reimbark till a detachment from the garrison of Limerick marched against him.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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At the same time, and for the same purpose, Juan Alfonso Palamino had landed with fifty men, yet keeping his boats always in readiness to reimbark, in case of the return of Gonzalo.
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He then paused a little, and was on the point of giving his orders to reimbark, when a man threw a stone at him, which he returned with a discharge of small shot (with which one barrel of his double piece was loaded.)
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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He farther declared that he should only land in Panama to provide necessaries for his voyage back to Peru, and would reimbark without delay.
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The commander of _Nagotana_ took the field against him with five hundred horse and a large force of infantry, endeavouring to intercept Sylveira on his way to reimbark.
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Alonzo Molina, the corregidor of St Jago, and compelled to reimbark with the loss of several soldiers and seamen, and quitted the coast after a very short stay.
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Obliged to reimbark, and the weather proving stormy, the barks were all dispersed, and none of them ever more heard of except that in which Cabeza de Vaca was, which was thrown ashore.
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