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