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Embargo

Em-băr'go, n.

noun

n. [Sp., from embargar, to arrest, restrain, from barra, bar, q. v.; Pr. embarc, embarg, embargar.] A prohibition to sail; an order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships or goods from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a detention of vessels in port. Arnould.

Em-bär'go, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EMBARGOED; p. pr. & vb. n. EMBARGOING.] [See supra.]

To hinder or prevent from sailing out of port, by some law or edict of sovereign authority, for a limited time; — said of ships.
To hinder from going forward, by an embargo; — said of commerce; as, the commerce of the United States has been embargoed.