If $L/K$ is algebraic, is $L$ a subfield of some algebraic closure $\bar K$ of $K$?

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Let $L/K$ be a field extension. Is $L$ a subfield of some algebraic closure $\bar K$ of $K$?

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Take an algebraic closure $F$ of $L$. I contend that $F$ is an algebraic closure of $K$.

Indeed, it is algebraically closed by assumption; if $x\in F$, then $x$ is algebraic over $L$, hence also over $K$.