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Cumbering
(gcide) | Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cumbered
(-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cumbering.] [OE. combren,
cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr.
L. cumulus; cf. Skr. ?? to increase, grow strong. Cf.
Cumulate.]
To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to
be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in
attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to
embarrass; to trouble.
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Why asks he what avails him not in fight,
And would but cumber and retard his flight? --Dryden.
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Martha was cumbered about much serving. --Luke x. 40.
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Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- Luke xiii.
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The multiplying variety of arguments, especially
frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. --Locke.
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Disencumbering
(gcide) | Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disencumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering.] [Pref.
dis- + encumber: cf. F. d['e]sencombrer.]
To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs,
impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen.
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I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. --Dryden.
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Encumbering
(gcide) | Encumber \En*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encumbered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Encumbering.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) +
OF. combrer to hinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber.]
[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.
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Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience.
--Hooker.
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2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber
an estate with mortgages.
Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex;
hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.
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Incumbering
(gcide) | Incumber \In*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incumbered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Incumbering.]
See Encumber.
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