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Webster 1913 Edition
Encumber
En-cum′ber
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Encumbered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Encumbering
.] [Written also
incumber
.] 1.
To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass;
as, his movements were
encumbered
by his mantle; his mind is encumbered
with useless learning.Not
encumbered
with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.
Syn. – To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.
Webster 1828 Edition
Encumber
ENCUM'BER
, v.t.1.
To load; to clog; to impede motion with a load, burden or any thing inconvenient to the limbs; to render motion or operation difficult or laborious.2.
To embarrass; to perplex; to obstruct.3.
To load with debts; as, an estate is encumbered with mortgages, or with a widow's dower.Definition 2024
encumber
encumber
English
Verb
encumber (third-person singular simple present encumbers, present participle encumbering, simple past and past participle encumbered)
- (transitive) to load down something with a burden
- (transitive) to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment
- 1906 – 1921, John Galsworthy, “Encounter”, in The Forsyte Saga, volume 1:
- He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.
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- (transitive) to add a legal claim or other obligation
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:hinder
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to load down
to restrict
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to add a legal claim
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