encumber
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French encombrer < en- + combrer (“‘to hinder’”); see cumber.
[edit] Verb
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to 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
- (transitive) to add a legal claim or other obligation
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:hinder
[edit] Antonyms
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[edit] Translations
to restrict
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to add a legal claim
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[edit] External links
- encumber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- encumber in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
