embargo English · revision 2455

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/ ''(UK)''; /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|es|embargo|t=seizure, arrest]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[der|es|embargar|t=to impede, restrain]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) [[der|la-vul|*imbarricāre]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) formed from Latin ''in-'' “into, upon” and Vulgar Latin ''*barra'' “bar”.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An order forbidding ships to enter or leave a country's ports (1590s).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word widened from the detention of ships to any suspension of trade imposed by law (1658–1659)^(OED 1989) and to any stoppage or prohibition (1692).^(OED 1989) The verb first meant “to seize, confiscate” (1650);^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) the sense “to put under an embargo” dates from 1755.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) In modern use it also means a temporary ban on publishing information.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1593 – first date given by Merriam-Webster and Barnhart.^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1602 – an order forbidding ships to enter or leave port.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1650 – verb, to seize or confiscate.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1658–1659 – a suspension of commerce.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1692 – any stoppage or prohibition.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1755 – verb, to lay ships or trade under an embargo.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A government order forbidding merchant ships to enter or leave its ports.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An official ban on trade with a particular country.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Any prohibition or restraint.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A temporary ban on releasing certain information.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To place under an embargo.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bar]]

+ * [[barricade]]

+ * [[barrel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}